Justice & Public Safety
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The sheriff’s office has turned off an estimated 200 automated license plate readers, indicating the devices which are part of most patrol cars do not comply with the new state Driver Privacy Act. -
Born from the chaos of 9/11, FirstNet provides a mobile phone network designed for public safety professionals. The new deal comes as the U.S. Congress considers a 10-year reauthorization of FirstNet.
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A new AI tool is being deployed in California cities, offering a software platform that ingests large volumes of digital evidence in order to make it searchable and easier to sift through for detectives.
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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.
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A cybersecurity researcher believes that the likelihood of Russian hackers targeting Huntsville's power and Internet grid will continue to grow as the U.S. condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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The Minnesota Supreme Court has given energy to an effort at transparency long overdue in Minnesota: allowing visual journalists broad access to telling the story of what happens in Minnesota courts.
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