Justice & Public Safety
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As part of a 10-county pilot, the local government fully implemented the technology Jan. 29. Its GPS, GIS and improved cellphone technology offer additional accuracy during emergencies. -
The county Board of Commissioners has delayed a decision on whether to renew contracts for 30 surveillance cameras. Residents have voiced their objections and a commissioner has shared his concern.
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Automatic license plate reader technology gathers data and images for use by government agencies for law enforcement, and this bill prevents that data from being used by immigration authorities.
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"These programs demonstrate that government on all levels can achieve scalable solutions to pressing global issues."
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Oct. 15-19 in Arizona and Oregon, and the U.S. territory of Guam; participants from all levels of government, international partners and the private sector in a full-scale, simulated response to radiological dispersal device attacks.
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"The federal government has a national plan in place for a flu epidemic. But that plan will be useless unless states and local communities are ready and able to handle a public health emergency on the ground."
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"This is part of an ongoing and integrated security project that will make policing more effective throughout our city, indoors and out."
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"They have created an important and informative publication and are committed to providing practical solutions to all those who serve the public in times of immense need."
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"Mayor Richard M. Daley has had, for many years, a grand plan to incorporate cameras from public entities and private-sector businesses into a single unified system allowing first responders access to real time visual data."
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GPS monitoring will be expanded to the highest-risk offenders using the governor's emergency fund.
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Text messaging system "worked like a charm."
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New Jersey drivers are the worst offenders, using their hand-held phones 43 percent of the time, when compared to Connecticut and New York drivers.
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Through firefighter training, public fire-safety education and research, the USFA cut fire-related deaths in half by 1998.
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New police officers, E-911 system upgrades among priorities, says Mayor Begich.
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"TWIC is one of the world's most advanced interoperable biometric systems and has a lot of moving pieces. We are now seeing those pieces come together."
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Grant rules also require that applications represent a multi-jurisdictional, regional group of public safety agencies.
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Combining dispatch services will eventually allow the departments to utilize satellite technology (similar to GPS) to locate and dispatch the closest available unit regardless of the jurisdictional boundaries of the two agencies.
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Funds to help firefighters, police, first responders communicate during a disaster.
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Most successful Ready effort yet.
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Could face up to ten years in prison for transmission of damaging code.
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"These arrests are a stark reminder for parents whose children use social networking sites."
