Justice & Public Safety
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The police department will install a dozen license plate reader and security cameras around the village, paid for with a $241,500 state law enforcement technology grant. Installation includes two years of support. -
The group has raised questions about the use of the cameras by the Joplin Police Department, citing red flags about details they record that can be used to track motorists for nonpolice reasons.
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The app is aimed at providing residents and visitors of the county with quick information, jail info, mental health resources and more. It also offers users the ability to submit tips directly to authorities.
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By mapping, identifying and linking criminal hot spots with predictive analytics software, Tennessee police department reduced crime by 31 percent in four years.
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Math-based computer simulation model analyzes how different crime hot spots respond to increased policing.
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Better public awareness leads to fewer arrests this year of GPS-monitored parolees at California State Fair, officials said.
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Pennsylvania school districts give police direct access to their video camera feeds to aid situational awareness in case of emergency.
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At 10:30 p.m., Dallas-based AT&T tweeted, "Issue has been resolved that affected some calls to 911 from wireless customers. We apologize to those who were affected."
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The city council passed a plan this week that mandates all police be equipped with body cameras before the end of this year.
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The court's decision came just two days after the American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware argued that the practice was unconstitutional and was not actually keeping the public safer.
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A new data collection tool on police use of force — developed by data scientists from Bayes Impact in collaboration with police officers — is shining a light on some of most serious issues facing our country.
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Amazon is trying to quash a search warrant for information an Echo may have recorded on First Amendment and privacy grounds.
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Refusal to release video from a recent shooting highlights how Maine’s public records law might limit the technology’s usefulness.
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The Search & Recovery SONAR is the second device of its kind in North Carolina and provides digital records of the search and any findings.
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Four states have signed Criminal Justice Information Services agreements with Amazon Web Services, but Tuesday's "high error rates" at Simple Storage Service appear to have left public agencies that use AWS Cloud unscathed.
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In California, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Franchise Tax Board, and the Department of Health Care Services have tackled the move away from analog processes — and it's done wonders for their organizations.
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The forensic lab, which will house six or seven technicians, provides a place where San Luis Obispo County, Calif., law enforcement can collaborate to solve difficult — perhaps even previously unsolvable — cases.
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When the Chula Vista, Calif., Police Department requested approval to deploy Microsoft Office 365 and Azure, the agency’s technology manager found a missing piece in the regulatory puzzle.
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Caltrain is working to secure another contractor to complete the testing work while it works to recoup what it says are damages it sustained with the first contractor.
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The cameras are equipped for speed and red lights, and the data gleaned from them has shown a 15 percent increase in tickets issued in 2016.
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The kiosks allow citizens to anonymously send tips by phone or by simply scanning QR codes.
