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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"Program provides significant improvement in the detection of special nuclear materials such as highly enriched uranium and weapons grade plutonium"
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Conflict between a 1967 California law that requires callers to get permission before taping a call with a California resident, and a Georgia law allowing people and companies to record conversations with people without their permission as long as the person doing the taping is a party to the conversation
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Communications the key to an effective response to a major or catastrophic incident
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Satellite communications system a help in emergencies
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"Response time to 911 calls has been shortened by three minutes according to New York City officials"
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The IPN system sends out thousands of emergency alerts each week to cell phones, pagers, PDAs and e-mail addresses in real time
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Safety concerns vs. misuse by students
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This "valuable resource" provides real-time information and assistance
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"Allegany County, Md., has found a way to provide its response agencies with advanced telecommunications services such as enhanced interoperability, mobile high-speed data terminals and more by using innovative fixed wireless technology"
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Equipped with latest radio, satellite, telephone and wireless technologies to ensure agency interoperability
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Free downloads from the NIST Image Group open source server
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Collected $587 million for more than 484,000 children in FY06
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Smart cards can be used for offline identity verification, when no access to a system or remote database is possible, an important feature for law enforcement officials
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CHAIN system designed for interoperable communications
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ID verifiers being distributed as part of "Operation Teen Proof"
