Justice & Public Safety
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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. -
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.
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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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A partnership with Ring Video Doorbells is giving law enforcement new tools in the fight against crime.
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Henderson County Public Schools created a tool to let students and parents reports threats and concerning student behavior to administrators and authorities
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Officials from the Austin Police Department and the Houston Airport System discussed technology lessons learned during recent incidents, at the Texas Digital Government Summit.
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People's most private information isn't on paper locked in desks anymore – it's online, stored on corporate servers. The Supreme Court now says some privacy protections cover that data.
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The plan to outfit officers with 325 body-worn cameras must be approved this week for the city to qualify for $750,000 in state funds.
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An interactive look at drone use across the country as covered by Government Technology.
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A $5.1 million, 5-year contract with SENSYS, will help operate 16 traffic safety cameras around the city.
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Officials announced the new dispatch capability saying it would greatly improve access to individuals with hearing and language impairments.
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The local police department will work with the fire department and marine safety division to try out two drones.
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The company is making improvements in the troubled technology by collecting more data and expanding the datasets it uses to train its AI.
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Local governments are increasingly having to face that they are not exempt from damaging and costly ransomware attacks.
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The city council has approved the purchase of the virtual private network needed to allow dispatchers to send and receive text messages.
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Toxic fumes from Hawaii's volcanic activity have started an effort to put various streams of air quality data into a centralized location.
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Lots of police departments have car- and body-mounted cameras. Now, many are considering weapon-mounted cameras as well.
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A bill requiring statewide standards around emergency alert notifications has advanced following a unanimous vote in the State Senate.
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The federal government awarded a $3.4 million grant to a research consortium to explore the potential applications for the technology at nuclear power plants.
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The city found that the rollout was mostly going as intended, but some officers didn't turn on cameras when they were supposed to.
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A new feature within Apple's iOS 12 update will allow 911 callers to more accurately share their location with first responders.
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