Justice & Public Safety
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The local police department recently unveiled a new rooftop drone port at headquarters. The agency fielded approximately 10,000 drone flights in 2025 and expects about twice as many this year. -
While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced.
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More than 200 Wisconsin law enforcement agencies use license plate reading technology. The state’s capital city, however, has so far not installed such cameras even as its neighbors have done so.
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After a Zoom Bible study class in San Francisco was bombarded with pornography, some of which included exploitation of children, Zoom has been on the receiving end of severe legal scrutiny.
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Central, La., is now allowing its police department to use nine license plate readers as a way to apprehend car thieves and other criminals. However, privacy experts say the technology invites corruption.
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Colorado passed a law in 2019 that prohibits police from holding people in jail based on civil immigration violations, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is buying data on jail release times to bypass the law.
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For almost four years, the small town of Maxton, N.C., has tried to get funding for a surveillance system that uses facial recognition. Officials want to continue working with a software company to secure funding.
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With a winning vote of 11-9 by city aldermen, Madison, Wis., will soon launch a one-year police body camera pilot. Although the pilot has a number of critics, the police department supports the idea.
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The Mesa, Ariz.-based company, which was recently acquired by a Canadian firm, has been in business since 1995. Now it’s offering a more modern software-as-a-service version of its law enforcement technology.
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According to a release from the state’s law enforcement agency, Alabama residents will have to wait until next week to visit their local driver’s license offices as they upgrade the computer system.
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Santa Clara County inmates may soon be forced to wear non-removable electronic wristbands that would track their movements inside jail under a proposal that is drawing skepticism among advocates of civil liberties.
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Manchester police hope to have the technology to detect gunshots in place throughout the city by this summer, resulting — in theory — in quicker response times to incidents of gun violence.
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Tacoma, Wash., Police Chief Avery Moore presented his crime reduction plan to the city council yesterday. The plan will lean on data to identify where crimes are being committed the most.
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After almost a year and a half of allowing electric scooters on its streets, Seattle has seen the number of scooter trips dwarf the number of bike trips. Some city council members still have safety concerns, however.
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U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement has been using an app called SmartLINK to monitor immigrants. The app was touted as an alternative to detention, but civil rights groups believe the app violates privacy.
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Michigan Secretary of State Joceyln Benson walked back the statement that her office wouldn't release to media the driving records of "victims of violence" just seven hours after she made the comment.
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The company hopes to gain revenue by offering upgrades to the free software offered to emergency dispatch agencies. The funding round comes as NG911 work gains more investor and public interest.
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A trio of nonprofits has created a new digital online tool enabling companies to measure racial equity and environmental factors when deciding where to locate offices, factories, or other facilities.
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After eight years of study, Wisconsin’s capital city could take its first major step toward joining the growing number of U.S. communities that equip their police officers with body-worn cameras.
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Maine's county and city governments received a total of $191 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding, but the majority of the money hasn't been spent. Officials say they're deliberately sitting on the money.
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This week, the “In Case You Missed It” crew talks about weapon detection in light of the New York subway shooting and the Center for Digital Government’s Teri Takai gives an overview of the Government Experience Awards.
