Justice & Public Safety
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County commissioners approved a contract that will begin with a free nine-month pilot, but could extend to a three-year, $2.5 million pact. Residents voiced a variety of concerns about the drone program. -
The extent of the data breach is still unclear, and city officials have said they are investigating to find out what was taken, who was responsible and how the city’s cybersecurity was compromised.
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The town Select Board unanimously approved appropriating the funds to outfit 50 police officers with the cameras and software. The cost also includes record retention equipment.
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San Diego officials on Tuesday gave themselves another three years to review the city’s many surveillance technologies, an extension that should prevent the tools from being put on pause.
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The Lafayette Police Department is moving away from the traditional paper citations and shifting to an electronic ticketing model to improve citation management and officer safety, officials say.
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Peak focuses on software for law enforcement auditing, training and compliance. The Brydon Group, an investment firm, has put in place a former Navy Seal as the new CEO of Peak, which has about 1.4 million users.
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Attorney General Dave Yost introduced new technologies that will help the Bureau of Criminal Investigation better connect the dots on firearm and drug crime. The tools will help investigators link firearms to past crimes.
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The Chula Vista City Council last week approved creating an advisory commission that will be tasked with reviewing and recommending best practices on city technology use policies.
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Gunshot detection technology and a license plate reading camera system are poised to help law enforcement agencies in Glynn County combat crime and make streets safer, Glynn County's new police chief said.
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A growing number of lookout cameras stationed across California to locate and monitor wildfires will soon be equipped with artificial intelligence technology to speed response to fires and other natural disasters.
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Multiple Minnesota law enforcement agencies face a civil rights lawsuit over the use of facial recognition technology in an arrest. However, the government denies facial recognition led to the arrest.
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MakeWay Safety is piloting a cloud-based safety platform at several St. Louis area police departments that allows first responders and other personnel to emit a warning to drivers when they’re approaching on roadways.
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California State Parks has added navigation technology to support both visitors and staff, which will help both to aid in rescue efforts and to improve the overall experience for park visitors.
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Drones for fighting wildfires are taking off in many states, but federal agencies remain somewhat caught up in regulation and procurement challenges related to use of the technology.
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Tarrant County officials are looking into auditing its courts software system two months after its launch. The case management program, TechShare.Courts, took the county 12 years to get off the ground.
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Despite pushback, plans to construct a 165-foot cell tower in the southern part of Brookfield, Conn., are moving forward, with the tower expected to also provide wireless services to portions of Danbury and Bethel.
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There are countless uses for unmanned aerial vehicles across New York City including public safety and inspections, among others. Unfortunately, the devices remain far too strictly regulated to realize their full potential.
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Flock began installing 164 gunshot-detecting ravens in late June, linking them to the existing license plate reading cameras called falcons, which Flock set up in Hazelton, Pa., sometime in 2021.
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“It helps eliminate inefficiencies so we have our law enforcement to respond to our campus but we need, also on larger scale incidents, to be able to communicate with Baltimore city police.”
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The Niagara County Sheriff's Office will be working with a private firm to install a countywide license plate reading system described by the American Civil Liberties Union as "dangerously powerful and unregulated."
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PSAPs in Utah are cutting misrouted calls — and reducing emergency response times — via NENA-compliant technology from Motorola. A Utah tech official discusses the benefits.
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