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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Emergency managers in California's southern region discuss weather, preparedness, response and recovery issues.
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Mosquito surveillance alerts Valdosta of insects carrying West Nile Virus and directs employees where to spray insecticides.
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Hillary Clinton for secretary of state.
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"Instead of a traditional speech behind a podium, this year I am delivering my State of the City address directly to my constituents in a series of ten webisodes."
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Needed: better methods of distributing knowledge about potential terrorist attacks, coordinated public response mechanisms and improved networks of communications.
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"It is a comprehensive system that should meet all of our needs for an effective case management system and allow us to expand into the areas of e-filing, document management and Web response."
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"A few moments spent on preparedness today could save your life or the life of a loved one when disaster strikes."
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New Emergency Management Agency secretary must be appointed by January.
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Mumbai's terror attacks last week have forced India to take a fresh look at not just its security agencies, but also how to tighten state control on communications networks.
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Nearly half of younger drivers admit to text messaging while driving.
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Speakers at the 2008 Best of California conference discuss the importance of innovative ideas in the tough times we face today.
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"Overlapping jurisdictions and missions today create the need for communications that provide direct, full-spectrum interoperability."
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Electronic logbook helps Arkansas authorities track purchases of ingredients to make methamphetamines.
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The Sacramento County Coroner is first in the state to send fingerprints of deceased persons to Department of Justice in "real time."
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Louisiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin best prepared.
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Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications demonstrates its EOC on wheels.
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Pictometry software allows community leaders to access a digital library of images of a local landscape to see buildings, street lights, fire hydrants and other landmarks.
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Bangladesh Voter Registration Project using Biometrics to Detect and Prevent Duplicate RegistrationsProject registered more than 80 million citizens using biometric face and fingerprint technology.
