Justice and Public Safety

The funding, a total of just more than $10.2 million from a U.S. House of Representatives bill, would pay for a variety of law enforcement improvements, including software and communications upgrades.

The city has awarded a contract of up to $402,080 to Henderson-based transportation consulting agency Ludian, and it included a one-year rental of traffic cameras with an analytics platform.

The city police department has issued a request for proposals, seeking bids on gunshot detection technology. The City Council narrowly renewed a contract with ShotSpotter in late 2022.

Students have been pressuring administration to end Cal Poly's contract with Flock Safety after some law enforcement agency systems have been reportedly accessed by outside agencies without their consent.

All the state’s points of entry should be covered by the watchful eye of an automatic license plate reader in the future, according to a State Bureau of Investigation report prepared for legislators.

County commissioners advanced a deal to expand a network of automatic license plate readers under the sheriff’s control, after much debate. A pact for AI-fueled video cameras in the jail, however, got deferred.

Lawmakers in Louisiana are considering adding AI-generated sexual imagery, if done without consent, to the list of mandatory reporting requirements under the Campus Accountability and Safety Act.

County commissioners approved spending $325,000 to outfit the prison and sheriff’s office with body cameras and software. And the former old jail building will a technology upgrade that includes Wi-Fi.

The governor’s office in New Jersey announced the release of the NJ TRANSIT Rapid Action Plan, a blueprint for improvements in technology, safety, accessibility and cleanliness.

After the City Council voted not to renew a contract for the devices, two police officers threatened to quit. Residents spoke against the renewal and the motion failed on a 3-3 vote.

The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has hired a vendor to aid in the transition to a new statewide 911 system. The 2028 Summer Olympics are expected to draw millions of visitors to the city.

A new Federal Emergency Management Agency transparency requirement may help counties gain visibility into funding requests, via a dashboard. Regular deadlines are expected to drive tracking.

The device, known as the Grappler, is part grappling gun and part lasso, and it is installed on the front bumper of sheriff’s vehicles so it can be shot onto a fleeing suspect’s back tires.

North Dakota officials now have access to Federal Aviation Administration radar data, which supports emergency response operations, infrastructure inspection, agricultural operations and more.

As automated license plate-reading cameras take hold at more than two dozen police departments around the state, Lowe’s and Home Depot stores there have installed the devices in many parking lots.

The state’s fourth most populous county is testing an AI-powered call taker, to free up dispatchers for high-priority emergency calls. A full launch could come as early as this month.

Americans reported nearly $21 billion in cyber crime losses in 2025, and within that, more than 22,000 complaints were tied to artificial intelligence, totaling about $893 million in losses.

The new real-time, AI-backed emergency call center translation tool could help residents and first responders, according to company executives. The World Cup also could play a role in growing the service.