Justice and Public Safety

On Monday, the MTA announced that it will expand the use of high-tech automated mobile cameras installed on buses to capture real-time bus lane violations along its routes in an effort to speed up service.

City officials have approved the purchase of new virtual reality training equipment for the police department. The equipment will offer a new approach to training for encounters with people who struggle with mental illness.

The use of robotics by the Allen County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency was first introduced in 2005, enabling safer inspections of potential bomb threats with less risk.

Illinois residents who filed claims for a cut of Google’s $100 million class-action settlement that is related to alleged violations of a state privacy law there could receive checks of about $154 each.

Federal workplace regulators recently fined San Jose, Calif., food-delivery startup Locale $140,000 for employing more than six dozen teenaged drivers, which is in violation of child-labor law.

Tupelo leaders are considering the purchase of a law enforcement tool police call a "game changer" — software that would link city, business and residential security cameras into a citywide surveillance network.

The federal grant money will be allocated to five projects across San Luis Obispo County, ranging from building new radio communications towers in areas with limited service to improving existing towers.

ZeroEyes has been chosen to bring their gun detection tool into Vassar Public Schools to alert school officials to the presence of firearms on campus. The AI system links directly to security cameras.

Residents in the county coverage area can send texts to 911 in an emergency. The service is valuable in situations where a caller wouldn't want to alert someone that he or she is in contact with police by speaking on the phone.

The Chicago Police Department is moving all of its radios to digitally encrypted channels by the end of this year, limiting access to one of the few ways the public can best monitor police activity.

A newly formed team of certified drone operators will give police in Medford, Ore., eyes in the sky, helping them with everything from crime scene reconstruction to tracking suspects on the run.

In July, the Kokomo Police Department and Howard County Sheriff's Office each launched new apps to help the agencies better communicate with area residents, and officials say the technology is already paying off.

Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. got approval Tuesday to spend up to $205,000 to buy hybrid cruisers and equip them, after being notified that five ordered in February would not actually be coming.

The county has partnered with Pano AI tech to monitor for wildfire activity. The technology uses high-definition cameras and artificial intelligence to help spot fires, check fuel conditions and zero in on specific locations.

ShotSpotter and Durham leaders agreed on a contract, clearing the way for the gunshot surveillance company to install acoustic sensors in the city, and the company has asked public schools in the area to participate.

There is a booming and borderless economy of digital scamming that siphons billions of dollars every year from low and middle-income Americans and has grown almost exponentially following the onset of the pandemic.

An investigation into a 2021 crash in California that killed nine people has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to call for alcohol-impairment detection tech to be installed in all new cars.

A new state-of-the-art crime laboratory in Cumberland County will help local police process evidence and name suspects faster than other central Pennsylvania departments, officials said Tuesday.