Justice & Public Safety
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San Jose is the latest city whose use of the cameras to snag criminal suspects, critics say, also threatens privacy and potentially runs afoul of laws barring access by out-of-state and federal agencies. -
The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday.
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Thurston County, Wash., commissioners are currently considering regulating the county’s acquisition and use of artificial intelligence-enabled surveillance technology with a new draft ordinance.
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A federal judge is waiting on proposals from Georgia election officials who are suing over election security before potentially releasing a report that indicates how hackers can manipulate votes in Georgia elections.
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Three newly announced funding initiatives will help establish affordable, reliable and sustainable energy systems for communities in the state that are most sensitive to power disruptions.
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The Oceanside Police Department faced a problem: It couldn’t reliably share drone video feeds with the officers who needed them for critical situational awareness. But Zoom quickly changed that.
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Steve Reinharz, CEO of Robotic Assistance Devices, hopes that one of his company's 750-pound robotic security guards will start patrolling an Orlando, Fla., theme park by the end of the year.
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The Portsmouth City Council is looking at the pros and cons of adopting the gunshot detection product Shotspotter, a technology that is both popular and controversial. City officials are concerned about the tech's price.
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An accused drug kingpin from Detroit who was building a remote-controlled submarine to allegedly smuggle cocaine across the ocean was betrayed by an encrypted messaging app favored by international crime lords.
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New Jersey's smallest toll highway, the Atlantic City Expressway, will be the first to embrace an all-electronic toll collection system. A recent study indicates that cashless tolls are safer than cash tolls.
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Through investment and integration, Honeywell will work with RapidSOS to improve data access for dispatchers and improve emergency response times. The move highlights the increasing appeal of public safety technology.
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Through the new U.S. Department of Justice initiative, state governments will have access to up-to-date null and aggregation tools to help make better-informed policy and budget decisions.
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Atlanta police say that the new surveillance technology helped lead to a quick arrest in the killing of a 6-month-old boy who was shot in his car seat Monday during a gunbattle outside a store.
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An Ashland, Ore., woman is suing two social media platforms, saying that her 15-year-old daughter’s struggles with mental health issues stem from dangerous flaws in Instagram and Snapchat’s design.
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According to estimates from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, about 3.2 million people still use 3G devices. These customers could be left behind in terms of phone communications if they don't upgrade in 2022.
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The Colorado Secretary of State is looking into whether a county clerk has committed an elections security breach. The clerk is scheduled to appear at a deposition in early February.
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If the Oregon cities of Astoria and Seaside decided to consolidate their emergency dispatch centers into one countywide center, challenges like interoperability and staff shortages could finally be addressed.
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Recently authored bills in both chambers of the Indiana state Legislature are now seeking to establish a pilot program to test automated speeding enforcement on these sites when workers are present.
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Although AT&T and Verizon received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to launch wide-scale 5G, some experts are concerned that 5G signals could dangerously interfere with flight landings.
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The partnership of two products on the same cloud will bring in another integration of evidence management software, giving police the ability to review evidence in a single place rather than hopping between systems.
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Police departments across the country suffered a slew of damaging ransomware attacks in 2021. The new year promised more of the same, but what should law enforcement agencies really be concerned with in 2022?
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