Justice & Public Safety
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Windsor, Conn., is turning off cameras that take photos of license plates, citing a list of concerns that includes federal agencies previously accessing the data in an effort to enforce immigration laws. -
A bipartisan, two-bill package would define the systems and set limits on how they collect, store and share data. The information could only be kept 14 days in most cases and its use would be prescribed.
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The county board approved a renewal of a Kane County Sheriff’s Office contract that includes 25 license plate reader cameras. Undersheriff Amy Johnson said the devices help “a tremendous amount."
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Five-county, multi-agency effort model for future operations along the Texas-Mexico border
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"They wanted to prevent the users from making any changes whatsoever to the system or applications, no addition of new software or drivers, no Internet access, and complete safety from all forms of malware, worms, viruses and keyloggers"
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To monitor security video for any combination of 18 pre-defined behaviors, including fallen persons, abandoned or removed objects, facility intrusion, and lurking or erratically-behaving individuals
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States receive support for information sharing efforts
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"This monitoring program is certain to prove invaluable in stemming the ever-growing problem of prescription drug abuse."
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"The photo database will continue to grow, thereby increasing the benefit to law enforcement in identifying known and unknown suspects"
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FBI will continue to increase access between Regional Data Exchange(R-DEx) and other regional state, local and tribal law enforcement systems
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Establishes a mandatory statewide reporting system for healthcare-associated infections
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"Our next task will be to produce the detailed standards guides, called interoperability specifications that will enable the creation of a secure information superhighway for healthcare"
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"The implications for saving lives are tremendous"
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"With thousands of visitors viewing real-time updates during the Cave Creek Complex Fire, the Operation Good Neighbor response to Hurricane Katrina and the recent Brins Fire, it's clear that Arizonans are choosing to rely on this powerful tool"
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"The coordination among states, private organizations, and the Department of Justice moves us closer to making information about all registered sex offenders available to parents and concerned citizens"
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"You might as well sit in your beach chair and tell the tide not to come in"
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"The nation's lieutenant governors will hear about biosurveillance, consumer empowerment, chronic care and electronic health records"
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"This new tool strengthens America's ability to better prepare for emergencies such as manmade and natural disasters"
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State and local governments decide disaster-recovery partnerships make more sense than going it alone.
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Thirty days to apply for $400 million in grants
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"Defendants no longer have the old 'they tampered with the evidence' excuse"
