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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Berkeley students learn to mitigate earthquake damage
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UC Davis conducted a study on microstamping which concluded, in part, that while engraving would only cost from $2-$8 per firing pin, the codes engraved on the face of the firing pin "could easily be removed with household tools."
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Bill also expands monitoring of inmate communications.
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Recent suicides show risks of household chemicals for EMS, fire and police.
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Joint visual analytics workshop to be held in Germany in June.
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"Things like training, disaster preparation, exercises, overtime oftentimes become the first thing to be cut in a tight economic season."
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Indiana motor vehicle agency uses facial recognition technology to deter identity theft.
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Fusion centers should move from information sharing to predicting terrorist and other criminal activity.
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Used personal cell phones to initiate re-routing of the system through AT&T, and to send E-Comm call takers to Sparks to staff phone lines to support re-routing of calls to that system.
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Arkansas CTO Claire Bailey gets agencies and local governments to communicate via 700/800 MHz system.
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Handheld, battery-operated device that detects trace quantities of methamphetamine while in the scan mode.
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Federal stimulus will fund updated traffic-monitoring software for St. Cloud, Minn.
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"It is appropriate for this Legislature to reaffirm the policy prohibiting gambling that exploits such new technologies."
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"Over time, this will make DHS a leaner, smarter agency better equipped to protect our nation."
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Creates the Statewide Communications Interoperability Committee to coordinate and resolve statewide communication issues.
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More than 40 open solicitations for justice grants.
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California, New York, Florida and Texas top states with greatest number of scammers and victims.
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The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International will lend its support to help secure a Saudi Arabia currently being built.
