Justice & Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
The new unit, part of the Office of Information Technology Services’ statewide strategy, will focus on New York State Police’s specific needs while preserving shared IT services like AI and information security.
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The City Council has approved a three-year, $200,000 contract to install the surveillance devices. Data collected may be used by other state and local law enforcement at city discretion, the police chief said.
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After nearly a decade of contentious debate surrounding the use of police body cameras, the Portland, Ore., City Council has approved a policy. Until now, Portland was the nation’s largest municipal police agency without the technology.
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Both the Erie and Niagara county jails, as well as other counties in the Western New York region, have contracted with companies that specialize in providing free and paid content to inmates.
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The Connecticut Special Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has issued a report outlining the implications of the use of algorithms and the potential for discrimination.
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Privacy and due-process concerns will always be a potential concern, but when used properly, drones give law enforcement a nimble, low-cost way to serve and protect law-abiding citizens.
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The Supreme Court has agreed to decide when — or whether — public officials with public-facing social media accounts can legally deny access to individuals who want to post comments.
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As CentralSquare announces its 30th such deal — this one for five public safety agencies in Virginia — a company executive talks about why demand will increase for such tools, and how customer interest is changing.
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A series of license plate readers are being installed and brought online near major thoroughfares in what the city calls a deterrent to criminal activity and an investigative tool when crimes are committed.
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State lawmakers gave final approval to legislation imposing significant penalties on any person who uses remote tracking devices to keep tabs on someone without their consent.
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The New Jersey Supreme Court is hearing a case where the state is arguing that Facebook should give it continuing access to user information to determine whether they're engaging in criminal activity.
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Greene County Juvenile Court is pursuing funding for a text message system that it hopes will reduce failure-to-appear rates in the county as well as the subsequent arrests.
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As many still advocate for a national privacy law, experts debate where to set guidelines on how police work with constituent data. The discussion isn’t as simple as personal privacy versus community safety.
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The group will focus on combating the spread of fentanyl, helping victims of online child sexual exploitation, defending critical infrastructure and improving supply chains.
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The city and Portland police union have announced an agreement on a policy to equip officers with body cams, likely ending Portland’s status as having the largest municipal police agency in the nation without them.
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Online bike registries are partnering with law enforcement to help police recover stolen bikes — not only traditional cycles but e-bikes as well. How do the programs work, and what is energizing them?
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A Colorado entrepreneur is bringing his smart gun to market in what could be the first weapon to break a decades-old political and manufacturing “logjam” that has kept smart guns from mass production.
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Assemblyman Phil Ting authored a bill that would set standards for law enforcement’s use of technology that captures images of people’s faces and compares them to an existing database. The ACLU disagrees with this approach.
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Caught by surveillance video, text messages and emails, overwhelming evidence shows that supporters of then-President Donald Trump copied Georgia’s statewide voting software from an election office in early 2021.
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Scammers could use artificial intelligence or AI — basically, the simulation of human intelligence by machines, particularly computers — to clone the voice of a loved one.
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