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. -
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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"The recent collapse in financial markets will clearly result in heightened government scrutiny."
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Homeland security science and technology chief outlines priorities and current projects: interoperability, counter IEDs, cyber security, container scanners, personnel locators, biometric identification, vehicle disabling technology and a breathing apparatus.
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"I have no tolerance for anyone intentionally causing confusion on Election Day."
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Non-points of entry along the U.S. border, small private planes and yachts and advanced technology are among the next targets of focus for Domestic Nuclear Detection Office cargo screening efforts.
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The site will require those who post ads featuring adult services to list a working phone number and pay a fee with a valid credit card that has a trackable billing address.
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The registrar of voters of San Diego County sued the Secretary of State for imposing them, claiming that Bowen overstepped her authority and had issued "defacto" regulations.
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Defendant faces up to five years imprisonment, three years of supervised release and a $ 250,000 fine.
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"We are now in the position of being able to inform high-threat urban areas of their target allocations ahead of time, which will go a long way in helping their applications."
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Hackable virtual machines, clever malware, shifty cyber-criminals and other challenges faced by law enforcement online.
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Security enhancements include better information sharing about international travel and border screening, improvements in information exchange on known and suspected terrorists, timely and comprehensive reporting of lost and stolen passports.
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Sophisticated cyber-attacks hit the campaigns this summer and several files were stolen. The federal government believes that a foreign entity wanted information on the candidates' policy positions.
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Citizens use cell phones to text-message crime tips to cops in Connecticut and Washington, D.C.
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State-of-the-art firearms, machine guns and ammunition, surface-to-air missiles, night vision goggles and other military weapons among items planned for export to Sri Lanka.
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Berheim served as the director of both the Office of Emergency Management and the Office of Homeland Security as part of a 35-year career in public safety.
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Located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4, Lakeland is a community with close to 100,000 residents. More than three million people live within a 50-mile radius, and more than 8.5 million reside within a 100-mile radius of Lakeland.
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Field intelligence groups, fusion centers, PinPoint, CompStat and the Multiple Visual Initiative are tools to leverage intelligence.
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San Patricio County, Texas, has recently signed a contract with Tyler Technologies to provide Tyler's Web-based courts & justice solution.
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Florida Department of Children and Families uses voice recognition software to eliminate manual transcribing.
