Justice and Public Safety

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.

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.

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.

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.

An independent investigation into the deletion of millions of police department case files found that the employee responsible did not have adequate training to handle that sort of data migration.

The city of Beaufort's first expenditure of $1.5 million in COVID-19 relief funds will include the more than $145,000 in cybersecurity enhancements. Upward of $400,000 will be put toward police car and body camera technology.

The new crime center has access to around 1,700 cameras throughout the parish, a combination of traffic cameras, surveillance cameras from multiple law enforcement agencies and private security cameras.

As government call centers grapple with the nationwide staffing shortage and an influx in demand, some are implementing artificial intelligence tools to improve wait times and accessibility for callers.

Just five days after Jefferson Parish, La., sheriff's deputies wearing new body cameras shot and killed a man in Marrero, the two officers have been fired and arrested on manslaughter charges.

The Legislative Analyst's Office is urging state lawmakers to re-examine the use of ID.me, an identity verification network, in the fight against unemployment insurance fraud. The LAO also noted successes with the system.

West Virginia's House Judiciary committee has approved bills related to autonomous delivery robots, the posting of unauthorized nude images online and surveillance technology in medical marijuana facilities.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced last week his state would accept cryptocurrency for tax payments by this summer. We discuss whether the move is all hype, or if there's something more to it.

Los Alamitos is the latest city to join a surveillance network that captures license plates in Orange County, Calif. Critics have raised concerns about how agencies uphold people's rights while using such tech.

A new bipartisan proposal in Congress would make social media companies susceptible to lawsuits from attorneys general for harm done to minors. Platforms would also need to disclose more data.

Concerns about spreading infections during the pandemic have led to an explosion of QR codes. The codes might be convenient, but criminals are now devising ways to steal information through them.

An AirTag, an Apple device intended to help people find lost items, can be used for "unwanted tracking," according to a handful of reports about how bad actors are using the product.

As part of a legal settlement, the Baltimore Police Department and Persistent Surveillance Systems, the company that supported the department's spy plane program, will delete all spy data unless it involves an open case.

By utilizing stolen credentials and engaging in spearphishing, hackers backed by Russia have been able to infiltrate U.S. defense contractors of various sizes and swipe "sensitive" data.