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.
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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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Illinois among the first states to combat "pretexting"
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Will replace the Coast Guard's National Distress and Response System, built during the 1970s
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Training will focus on the areas of victim assistance, identity theft rings, prosecution of offenders and criminal law
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"It means that we have the infrastructure in place to support and communicate with our state in times of local, state and national emergencies"
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Thousands of children are protected from illegal electronic messages
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Online notification of status of appeals
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"A new and very effective tool for authenticating Nebraska driver licenses and preventing under-aged kids from obtaining or using fake IDs to purchase alcohol and drive"
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"Having a comprehensive plan in place will ensure that we respond rapidly to an influenza pandemic. Through interagency coordination and response, if there is a pandemic, New Yorkers will be less likely to become sick, more likely to get good medical care if they do get sick, and have less disruption to their day-to-day activities"
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"It is a great example of a collaborative effort between law enforcement and those in the computer technology field working to make our communities safer"
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Violators could face up to five years imprisonment
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Funds to enhance supervision, registration and monitoring of sex offenders
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Will also provide four secured mobile command units for Pittsburgh public safety use, and will address digital divide issues
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"For graphical reporting of criminal incidents including linking of descriptive details associated with the suspect and incident location"
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Among the improvements is the addition of "high-tech, digital communication system"
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MARCS supports voice and data services, utilizing a total of 203 radio sites and supporting approximately 19,370 total voice users and 2,251 data devices
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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