Justice & Public Safety
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Local law enforcement praises the devices, hundreds of which are in place, for helping solve crimes. Privacy and surveillance concerns, however, persist among critics and industry watchers. -
Through electronic queueing and a pilot of drive-through court services, the governments hope to handle a rise in court transactions driven largely by an increase in traffic violations around school buses.
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A donation of more than $400,000 enabled the county police department to add two new drones to its fleet of seven. Among residents, however, concerns over being surveilled persist.
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AOL will work with Amber Alert systems in 36 states and the District of Columbia.
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FBI and Justice Department support I-SAFE mission of empowering youth to avoid online perils.
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A series of controversial amendments to the bill have Democrats in the House worried.
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Carnegie Mellon University will develop hardware and software tools to fight electronic attacks.
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A lack of access to information held in state databases and law enforcement agencies is making it difficult to track those who illegally obtain benefits, the GAO said.
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Internet cafes must keep records of what information and sites customers visit for two months.
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The country's nearly 4,000 Internet cafes will now control their clients' surfing habits.
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The "personal locator beacons" will be used by rescue agencies to pinpoint the location of lost or injured people in remote areas.
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Parents are turning to a telephone and e-mail campaign to attempt to sway the House to quickly pass an Amber Alert bill.
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Republicans, Democrats still at odds over personnel control sought by President Bush.
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The committee believes the Justice Department is cooperating with Congress' monitoring of the Patriot Act, but the ACLUS is accusing the DOJ of hiding crucial information.
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In the first case to be tried under Washington state's anti-spam law, the man was ordered to pay $96,000 in fines and fees.
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A new system will digitize all calls made to 911, and city officials say it will help them prosecute domestic-violence cases.
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The groups want documentation on how the U.S. government is obtaining records from libraries, bookstores and ISPs under the USA Patriot Act.
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State and local law enforcement's lack of access to federal information is a serious problem, experts say.
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Policy teams are meeting to trade ideas, approaches on homeland security.
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Fingerprint data is matched with video clips to provide multimedia dossiers stored in a central database.
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