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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Civil rights organizations in Alaska are now demanding action on long-delayed body cameras for Anchorage police officers, a voter-approved priority that continues to lack an official start date.
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The Durham City Council has delayed the approval of the final agreement with the gunshot detection company for the second time this month. California-based ShotSpotter is set to begin a year-long pilot with the city.
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The Yakima County Sheriff's Office launched its body camera program this week, issuing 60 of the 70 cameras and associated gear ordered to deputies and detectives to increase transparency around public interactions.
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Joseph Syas was shot and killed near a police camera perched below a street sign in Dallas that feeds to a police intelligence center where analysts monitor footage, but nothing was recorded the night Syas died.
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So far, the U.S. tropical storm season has been undramatic, but that could soon change. Many emergency response agencies have upgraded their tech, but they still need better mobile and digital tools to weather storms.
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The Torrington City Council has tabled a vote to approve the purchase of two drones for police use after citizen privacy concerns were raised. The vote has been postponed until the September meeting.
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After testing a second body camera vendor's equipment in July, the Vancouver Police Department is tentatively expected to present a finalized contract to the City Council for approval next month.
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The Los Angeles Police Commission has adopted new rules for how police can use crimefighting technologies, despite opposition from advocacy groups who said they could lead to increased surveillance of people.
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A newly acquired DJI Matrice 30T thermal drone system is set to replace the drone that the department has been using since 2018. The drone will be used in locating missing persons and surveying fires.
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The Maryland Judiciary’s E-rent Pilot Program in Baltimore County enables landlords to electronically file failure-to-pay-rent complaints. This pilot is the latest step in Maryland's court digitization efforts.
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Ten intersections in Mission Hills will be equipped with surveillance cameras capable of reading license plates. The technology is being installed to assist in criminal investigations and traffic monitoring.
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All 50 state attorneys general, Republicans and Democrats, have come together through a newly formed task force to go after U.S. telecommunications companies that allow overseas robocalls to reach their customers.
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California state lawmakers this week revealed that they will not advance a bill that would have allowed prosecutors to sue large social media companies for addicting children to online platforms.
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Local and regional law enforcement agencies are being encouraged to apply for up to $50,000 in state grants to offset the costs associated with buying and maintaining body cameras and other programmatic needs.
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Tech-savvy digital natives may be more confident, but a broad swath of people across generations and continents — around two-thirds — believe they are bombarded with false or misleading information online every week.
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Twenty automatic license plate reader cameras with the potential to scan millions of plates each year will be installed around Newark, Calif., as soon as next month, with the aim of deterring crime and solving cases.
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Some residents in the path of the massive Northern California wildfire say they did not receive emergency evacuation alerts from Siskiyou County’s CodeRED system. The fire has killed four people.
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Police in Perry, Ga., implemented the new program to deter speeding in school zones. After a 30-day warning period, police will mail speeding tickets to drivers that exceed speed limits during school hours.
