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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Ten states take home awards for IT successes.
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Patrolling the streets of Sacramento is not easy, but it's becoming easier with the help of some technology upgrades.
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Federal agencies share personal information with other agencies and some companies from the private sector.
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Wireless technology and interoperability were big winners at the 2002 Winter Games.
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Taxes collected from cell phone users are meant to finance E-911 services, but critics say the money has been used for different purposes.
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Westchester County cops have big plans for the little Blackberry.
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Government agencies will do all they can to protect the identity of companies that have been victimized by crackers.
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Only one state, Florida, meets the Department of Health and Human Services' guidelines for being fully prepared to deal with bio terrorism.
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State and local governments are reluctant to gather crash data because they fear the information will be used against them in court.
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The county's new system will allow a range of agencies to share information.
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Last week's Microsoft ruling appeared on the court's Web site 90 minutes before financial markets closed.
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Democratic and Republican leaders from the Senate say they will have a homeland security bill ready by Wednesday that would be passed by the Senate.
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The company will pay Florida more than $2 million to build a prescription-monitoring program, and the state said it will share the program with other states.
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The weapon successfully tracked and exploded an artillery shell traveling 1,000 mph.
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At issue is whether states' implementations of Internet registries of registered sex offenders violate those offenders' rights.
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Incident sparks debate on emergency access to wireless location information.
