Justice & Public Safety
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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." -
Corrections officers spend a disproportionate amount of time on administrative tasks rather than helping prisoners in ways that improve outcomes. AI is one tool to help, but it must be implemented thoughtfully.
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The White House is expected to give the New York Police Department the authority to ground unauthorized drones around major events. The department also plans to roll out a new 311 dispatch system.
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This adds another voice to the diverse chorus calling for wider use of cop cameras in local communities.
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The bill in question will stop the police department in its tracks.
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A social media campaign to find a Megan's Law offender and his girlfriend led to a deluge of tips.
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Tech giants including Apple, Facebook and Google are in the facial-recognition business, but the founders of this startup say their security focus and their patent-pending software should provide a lucrative niche.
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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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The Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA WX) Radar Project would provide a more accurate picture of the approach of threatening weather.
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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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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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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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As more and more states use “big data” for everything from catching fraudsters to reducing heath care costs, some highway patrols are tapping it to predict where serious or fatal traffic accidents are likely to take place so they can try to prevent them.
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The bill would require law enforcement agencies to report crime statistics to state police.
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Columbus County Sgt. Rich Weiner said he isn't sure how data from the ankle bracelet are collected and that the GPS data may only be recorded every few hours.
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The DOT's Division of Aviation recently collaborated with about 50 state and local government agencies and researchers during a workshop about the use of drones in crisis situations.
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Proponents of police body cameras in Maine and across the country have argued for years that the cameras can enhance transparency and improve community trust.
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The company wants to apply artificial intelligence to body cameras.
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Larger drone manufacturers build their devices with software to keep them from flying into areas where presidential and other flight restrictions are in place
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As cars become increasingly automated, the onus might be on the manufacturer to prove it was not responsible for what happened in the event of a crash.
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The kiosks allow citizens to anonymously send tips by phone or by simply scanning QR codes.
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