Justice and Public Safety

An app built on a ranch in rural Sonoma County, supported by solar panels, satellite Internet and a small nonprofit team, is a critical tech hub for free and reliable info about the Los Angeles fires.

Minnesotans can look up any officer’s current employer on the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training’s website, but starting this week, they’ll be able to research officers' past employment too.

The provider of live AI translation for public agencies is adding users and services, with its tools assisting wildfire communications in California. The company’s recent experiences help illustrate how AI might develop.

Geospatial data serves as the foundational building block for crucial mapping and communications tools used by state and local government agencies in responding to fast-moving disasters like wildfires.

A bill with bipartisan support in the statehouse seeks to end the state’s Real ID program by repealing its underlying statute. The state representative behind it said it is expensive and puts Mainers’ privacy at risk.

The city police department will install the automatic readers starting this summer. They will be active when patrol vehicles are in use and plate numbers will be stored in a system that aggregates registered driver names.

A new study by a nonprofit indicates the crash prevention systems in vehicles may not detect people wearing high-visibility clothing that might stand out to human drivers. Two SUV models tested hit a mannequin.

With the National Weather Service predicting two to four inches of snow or sleet for the Atlanta area Friday, state and local agencies are preparing, having been educated by the infamous January 2014 storm.

After the attacker swerved around a police SUV at Canal Street, his path of destruction down Bourbon Street was essentially unimpeded, with no police vehicles, traffic barriers or other major obstructions.

Blueline AI, based in Texas, uses AI for tasks involving body cameras, police reports and search warrants. The coming year promises to be a big one for AI in policing — even as backlash against some of its uses builds.

A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to President Biden's Federal Communications Commission, striking down the agency's hard-fought and long-debated open Internet rules.

The public safety technology vendor says that its new text and email communication system could help crime victims and prosecutors. The product comes amid other tech improvements for courts.

The regional 911 communications system is moving forward with a long-anticipated goal to occupy a new facility, regardless of whether the city of Spokane comes along.

A few hours before the ball dropped on New Year's Eve, the computer dispatch system for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department crashed, forcing all responders to handle calls by radio.

As the frequency of climate-related natural disasters increases, CIOs are uniquely positioned to build resiliency within state government and across internal agencies.

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is one of a number of agencies statewide and across the country turning to artificial intelligence to review law enforcement's single largest data set: body camera footage.

Pre-shift inspections of police vehicles is a tedious but vital task that can impact officer and citizen safety. A new tool could make that process more efficient and more reliable — and could save money for cities.

The Florida Department of Education will use a new web portal to assess and address the behavioral issues of students statewide, according to the safety software company Versaterm.