Justice & Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
The new unit, part of the Office of Information Technology Services’ statewide strategy, will focus on New York State Police’s specific needs while preserving shared IT services like AI and information security.
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The City Council has approved a three-year, $200,000 contract to install the surveillance devices. Data collected may be used by other state and local law enforcement at city discretion, the police chief said.
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Fire department officials say that drones are becoming an increasingly frequent impairment to fire and rescue missions. The devices pose the most risk to department helicopters, which are often forced out of the airspace upon an encounter.
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CorrectHealth, a company focused on providing health-care services in correctional facilities, was breached in late August. The incident exposed the personal information of an estimated 54,000 inmates.
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The Biden-Harris administration's Office of Science and Technology Policy has released new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence with the hope of better protecting citizens' rights.
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The powerful biometric surveillance tools used to identify suspects are up to 100 times more likely to misidentify Asian and Black people compared with white men, according to a 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology study.
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On Monday, the MTA announced that it will expand the use of high-tech automated mobile cameras installed on buses to capture real-time bus lane violations along its routes in an effort to speed up service.
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City officials have approved the purchase of new virtual reality training equipment for the police department. The equipment will offer a new approach to training for encounters with people who struggle with mental illness.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on the Federal Trade Commission to pressure businesses to protect consumer data. He also urged the Department of Justice to strengthen investigations and prosecutions of hackers.
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California companies and law enforcement will not be allowed to share reproductive digital information with out-of-state authorities building cases against those who travel to the state for an abortion under the law.
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The use of robotics by the Allen County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency was first introduced in 2005, enabling safer inspections of potential bomb threats with less risk.
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Illinois residents who filed claims for a cut of Google’s $100 million class-action settlement that is related to alleged violations of a state privacy law there could receive checks of about $154 each.
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Federal workplace regulators recently fined San Jose, Calif., food-delivery startup Locale $140,000 for employing more than six dozen teenaged drivers, which is in violation of child-labor law.
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Tupelo leaders are considering the purchase of a law enforcement tool police call a "game changer" — software that would link city, business and residential security cameras into a citywide surveillance network.
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Apple Inc. told iPhone users last year that Facebook could no longer follow Internet activity without consent — but a lawsuit alleges that Facebook's parent, Meta, is still tracking them without asking for approval.
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The federal grant money will be allocated to five projects across San Luis Obispo County, ranging from building new radio communications towers in areas with limited service to improving existing towers.
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ZeroEyes has been chosen to bring their gun detection tool into Vassar Public Schools to alert school officials to the presence of firearms on campus. The AI system links directly to security cameras.
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San Luis Obispo County will receive $5.6 million of federal money to improve communications systems used by emergency responders for fire, crime and medical emergencies, lawmakers have announced.
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Residents in the county coverage area can send texts to 911 in an emergency. The service is valuable in situations where a caller wouldn't want to alert someone that he or she is in contact with police by speaking on the phone.
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The Chicago Police Department is moving all of its radios to digitally encrypted channels by the end of this year, limiting access to one of the few ways the public can best monitor police activity.
