Justice & Public Safety
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The City Council signed off on directing roughly $360,000 in state funds to the police department. Of that, more than $43,000 is earmarked for software that will let police “obtain and retain” digital evidence. -
County commissioners will consider spending more than $3.2 million over 10 years to replace body-worn and in-car sheriff’s office cameras. Software, data storage and accessories would be included.
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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.
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The company will become the main payment processor for JusticeONE, formerly known as Courtware, which has a presence in more than 300 courts. The company will also license some of Judicial Innovations’ products.
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A defense lawyer in Florida has filed a motion asking a judge to have jurors use virtual reality goggles that would give them a simulated look at an alleged crime from the perspective of the defendant.
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Specialty docket clients in some Ohio courts will begin using the Anchored To Hope platform, which includes machine intelligence and VR meditation to combat addiction through 24/7 access to resources.
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A bill recently passed by the Colorado House of Representatives would allow consumers and businesses to use digital license plates. The legislation is heading to the Colorado Senate.
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The school board of Pittsburgh Public Schools will decide this month whether an artificial intelligence system will be deployed to fine and discourage people for illegally passing stopped school buses.
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Thanks to an expected uptick in tax collections, the latest Washington legislative session will prove to be a busy one with various proposals, including a 16-year transportation plan.
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A Romanian hacker will go before a Texas jury after stealing and selling millions of credit card numbers through malware. The hacker was extradited from his home country to Texas on March 3.
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The Anchorage Police Department is still a long way from outfitting all of its officers with body cameras — a move supported by voters through their passage of a $1.8 million annual levy last year.
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In response to studies showing that use of Instagram contributes to declining mental health in teens, Instagram plans to offer a parental control feature. But this idea allows the company to avoid responsibility.
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More than half of 2,110 community members surveyed in Portland, Ore., this year said police should not be allowed to view body cam footage that captures an officer’s use of force before writing reports.
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A Franklin County public safety group that uses a computer-aided dispatch and record-keeping program for emergency services asked commissioners Tuesday to reserve $500,000 in a federal grant for a new system.
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The solar-powered cameras, which cost the city $27,500, are installed in several high-crime areas around Greensboro, and this week the City Council there authorized the installation of five additional cameras.
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A federal judge has decided a $20M wrongful death lawsuit against SpaceX will not go forward. The main defense against the suit was that the death involved neither SpaceX's property nor its employees.
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Mayor Ben Walsh and Syracuse Police Chief Kenton Buckner announced Tuesday that the department’s ShotSpotter program will soon be extended into the city’s North Side beginning as soon as Wednesday.
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Some deputies in the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility were outfitted with body-worn cameras late last week, making the jail the first in the region to use the technology, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.
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Washington state is getting ready to roll out the ID.me facial recognition system dropped by the IRS over privacy and equity concerns, while human rights activists are asking state government officials to ban the system.
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Over the past two years, the Cleveland police department has been using a technology called ShotSpotter to detect gunshots, reporting that it allows officers to respond to shootings more quickly.
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This week, the "In Case You Missed It" crew is joined by Luke Stowe, acting deputy city manager and CIO of Evanston, Ill. We discuss MIT's 10 breakthrough technologies of 2022 and explore how the role of CIO has changed.
