Justice and Public Safety

Hickman County, Tenn., is a sparsely populated county with a limited budget for law enforcement. But the deployment of new dashcams backed by artificial intelligence is giving fresh advantages to the police there.

Two area law enforcement agencies recently received grants that will allow one agency to beef up security at its county courthouse and the other to help traumatized officers.

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The recently deployed website monitors railroad crossings, to alert drivers and first responders in southern Elkhart County. Crossings blocked by stopped trains have long been a source of frustration for officials.

Fentanyl poisoning is the leading cause of death among Americans 18 to 45 years old, and half of all pills seized by the DEA contain a lethal dose, according to law enforcement officials.

A new front in the battle over the benefits of AI versus its risks is opening up in law enforcement, where police are increasingly using the software to write up incident reports — to the concern of civil libertarians.

Officials in the Massachusetts city are contemplating augmenting law enforcement with artificial intelligence. A subcommittee will decide next week on funding a Real-Time Crime Analysis Center with staff.

Unclear police policies, inefficient training and too little accountability is resulting in some North Carolina officers misusing tasers and similar devices, civil rights lawsuits and advocates say.

The City Council in Meriden, Conn., voted to increase its body camera, taser and training budget to allow for an artificial intelligence program that, among other things, quickens police report writing.

With more than 10 million people physically abused by an intimate partner each year, according to statistics, domestic violence experts and software developers say artificial intelligence can help.

The federal agency accused the company of making false claims about its tools, which are used in schools and by public transit. The company denies wrongdoing but might have to let some clients cancel contracts.

Humanoid robots could offer valuable support before human first responders arrive on the site of an emergency. The Italian Institute of Technology has a prototype in the works.

Spokane County deputies will now be provided real-time information pulled directly from surveillance cameras, social media feeds and other law enforcement agencies while responding to calls for service.

His lawsuit, filed last week, alleges a Tesla in self-driving mode ran through a stop sign and broadsided his car; it’s one of the first of its kind in Oregon. The suit, however, does not list Tesla as a defendant.

A step was taken Tuesday toward creating a public safety complex serving as a police station, fire station and rescue squad location for the city of Bluefield's citizens and the people in the surrounding area.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights shared a series of illustrative scenarios last week to help schools understand what constitutes artificial intelligence-based discrimination.

Motorists traveling in Tazewell County are used to seeing sheriff's deputies in police cruisers patrolling, but they will soon be seeing deputies on motorcycles patrolling the roads as well.

Ahead of one of the most deadly weeks on Connecticut’s roads and around the country, state officials announced that more than 120 wrong-way detection systems have been installed on high-risk highway ramps.