Justice and Public Safety

State Attorney General Kwame Raoul encourages families to be vigilant about fake test-prep and financial-aid offers, fraudulent websites, deceptive payment schemes and other scams when shopping for school supplies online.

Oregon alleges that public officials in Morrow County pocketed several million dollars by arranging to buy a local telecommunications business from a nonprofit organization there.

The FBI’s Internet Criminal Complaint Center has issued a warning about a group called The Com or The Community, which is made up primarily of members between the ages of 11 and 25.

The state is a part of Operation Robocall Roundup, an effort among multiple states. The Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force will send warning letters to 37 entities demanding they cease the illegal calls.

The deal comes as Versaterm acquires a drone technology supplier in the public safety space, part of a broader period of intense activity of large financing deals in the gov tech space.

Dubbed the Patrol Drone Program and unveiled Monday, a new initiative builds upon the police department’s previous use of drones in crash investigations over the past decade.

The digital labels will tell public safety and other customers details about how the AI was trained, who owns the data and other information. The move reflects wider efforts to bring the public sector up to speed on AI.

A survey of 355,000 students by the New York City Public School system found a miniscule improvement in reported cyber bullying since the 2023-24 school year, but cyber bullying is still markedly higher than in 2019.

About a year after Independence police officers started wearing body cameras, the department says that the program has changed the way its staff interacts with residents and collects evidence.

The Department of Corrections’ new solution, with AI, is an intuitive chat assistant. It is helping staff boost productivity and safety, advising on issues including recidivism and correcting metadata.

The fresh capital is yet another big investor bet on emergency response technology, including artificial intelligence. The round also underscores how public equity continues to emphasize the gov tech space.

The Canadian government technology supplier has bought DroneSense, which sells software for increasingly popular drone-as-first-responder programs. It’s the latest such move in the public safety space.

New Chief Jason Stugelmeyer, a department veteran, is looking to improve its efficiency. Increasing technology use around report generation is one such potential area; using drones to improve officer safety is another.

The fresh capital will go toward hiring, innovation with artificial intelligence, market expansion and other uses. The funding round follows another big capital raise from another public safety tech supplier.

Following the death of a 14-year-old riding an electric bicycle, lawmakers in New Jersey are working on legislation that would create and require rider training. Those who don't earn certification could be fined.

An invitation-only service in the San Francisco Bay Area may be poised for its debut, Business Insider recently reported. If so, the move would come roughly a month after a similar deployment in Austin, Texas.

The young Ohio company provides software that fire and EMS personnel use for a variety of tasks. According to Tyler, Emergency Networking tools already meet new federal reporting requirements.

During a recent briefing on Capitol Hill, leaders and members of national associations considered artificial intelligence use cases and topics, along with a new playbook guiding the technology’s ethical, scalable adoption.