Justice and Public Safety

The new platform will provide access to training mandated by the state as well as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other required training. It will also allow the department to track its training compliance.

The new radios include next-generation technology that would give the department improved coverage and may play a role in future school safety plans, according to Albany County, N.Y., Sheriff Craig Apple.

An earthquake in the California city Tuesday gave residents the first real-life test of the alert system with a loud tone and instructions to seek cover. Residents near the epicenter were too close to get an early notification.

SAIC, based in Huntsville, Ala., has developed technology to track and take control of drones suspected of smuggling drugs or invading restricted airspace. The technology can identify and take command of UAVs roughly six miles away.

Given the frequency of school shootings in the U.S., the number of companies and technologies offering security to K-12 districts is multiplying, offering different approaches to the same goal of saving lives.

Oregon Department of Forestry type 3 helicopters were forced to reroute after a personal drone was spotted in the air above a structure fire that spread into nearby wildlands in Medford yesterday.

A federal court in Ohio has ruled that universities may violate privacy rights by scanning students’ rooms during remote exams. The ruling could affect university policies around test proctoring for remote learners.

Following months of debate, the Detroit City Council will vote next week on an $8.5 million expansion of ShotSpotter, a controversial gunfire detection system, to combat crime in neighborhoods.

The new integration is designed to help police, fire and medical personnel gain more precise location data in emergencies. The deal marks the latest gov tech partnership involving U.K.-based what3words and U.S. firms.

A privacy act limits how long law enforcement can retain images captured by plate readers, which take photos of plates, store the data for up to six months and have been touted as a game-changing crime-solving tool.

The case, which involves prison escapes and the use of an altered identity, was finally solved by investigators recently, in part, using a mixture of old and new technology, police officials said.

JusticeText, launched in 2021, has attracted some big names for its $2.2 million seed round. The company produces automated transcripts of video to help public defenders handle an ever-increasing load of video evidence.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services is launching a study to re-think school bus safety and design features, including technology to reduce speeding and automatically apply brakes during reckless movement.

A Fulton County special grand jury is looking at an election data breach some 200 miles south of metro Atlanta, which legal experts say suggests that prosecutors are seriously weighing racketeering charges.

Officials say the existing Oroville Police Department radios are outdated and have been failing on a regular basis. The devices must be replaced to meet U.S. Department of Justice requirements.

The Series C funding round comes amid other recent and sizable investments in the emergency dispatch and public safety tech space. Carbyne has raised $128 million so far, and has reported a big U.S. revenue jump.

City health and emergency workers in Allentown, Pa., are seeing the positive impact of the video remote interpreting technology as part of a pilot program to improve health-care accessibility.

A West Virginia school district will connect facial-recognition software to a database of faculty, staff and parents who are approved to visit school grounds, thus allowing front office personnel to identify visitors.