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.
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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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"The sheriffs are the front lines of the fight against border crime"
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Physiology of firefighters monitored during training to help reduce injury and death
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"A lack of clarity on the roles that the government and the private sector must each play"
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Friday night explosion triggers evacuation
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National Crime Prevention Council's identity theft campaign aims to help consumers take practical steps to protect their personal information
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Consumers have donated more than 2.5 million used wireless phones to benefit domestic violence survivors and advocacy groups
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Analysts will help to facilitate the two-way flow of timely, accurate, actionable information on all types of hazards for state and local governments
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"National borders are virtually irrelevant to cybercriminals, making global cooperation absolutely critical in the battle against Internet-related crime"
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Helped to better prepare 476 Michigan law enforcement officers to investigate identity theft, credit fraud and counterfeiting complaints
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FCC stated that it would take no action that would cause harmful interference to public safety licensees in the band
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"Managing a busy office of attorneys with a large caseload and limited resources is a huge challenge"
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Claims over 83 percent of subscribers now have E911
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"The demonstration incorporates several applications for fixed, nomadic and mobile users"
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"Recent reports that there is a 'major vulnerability' that criminals could use to 'enter countries illegally' are untrue"
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An Illinois DOT helicopter has been equipped with radiation-detecting instruments that use a global positioning system onboard the helicopter to establish the location of radioactive deposition
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"Fire prevention is a science."
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"This is a secure, wireless interoperable communications system"
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This committee will be comprised of first responder associations.