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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The agencies agree that a shared system would better connect the Winnebago County and serve the community to its fullest potential.
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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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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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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 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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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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The laws about public records differ from one government to the next and are further complicated by some technologies, like police body cameras.
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Methods for determining the cases where agencies can make corrective decisions, or might need a warrant, have yet to be ironed out completely.
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In-person visits between family members and inmates are starting to make a comeback in some jails, bucking the trend toward long-distance, video-call visitation.
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The San Ramon Valley (Calif.) Fire Protection District has created a foundation to help distribute its “CPR needed” notification app to rescue and fire departments across the U.S.
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With the M-Urgency app, smartphone users on the University of Maryland, College Park campus can broadcast real-time audio and video to emergency dispatchers with the push of a button.
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Wake County, N.C., EMS classes allow students to answer questions electronically so responses display in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.
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The Manchester Police Department now uses a “hyper-local” geographic notification system to help keep citizens safe.
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Video footage will be sent to the American Civil Liberties Union and stored on a secure server.
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The FBI has released its first app to the public — a tool for parents and guardians to store vital information about their children.
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Norfolk, Va., is using a Web-based system to modernize data collection of storm-related incidents and damages.
