Justice and Public Safety

The wildfire broke out late Friday on Neversink Mountain near the outskirts of Reading, giving rise to a fast-spreading blaze driven by dry conditions and intensified by gusts of wind that peaked at 35 mph.

The pair has been accused by an Eastern Washington state grand jury of conspiring to smuggle devices to override truck emissions controls into central Washington, and selling them online for $74 million. The men face allegations including smuggling.

The conference is for all first responders, including police, fire, emergency medical services, dispatchers, corrections, coroners, chaplains, spouses, professional staff and other public safety personnel.

About 660 gallons of diesel fuel spilled near the Columbia River south of Wallula after a Union Pacific train derailed overnight on Wednesday. Containment efforts are currently underway.

With a question-and-answer video on the Woodland, Calif., police department’s Facebook, Chief Ryan Kinnan discussed community policing, including advancements in tech and building trust with residents.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's office has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with a security consulting firm that aims to harness technology to bolster criminal prosecutions inside the state.

The supplier of public safety tech wants to help police crack down on the illegal automotive stunts, which have resulted in deaths and injuries. The new tool also provides real-time law enforcement alerts.

The City Council is expected to consider a $1.58 million master services agreement for in-car and body-worn cameras for city police, plus other equipment. The newest such cameras are more than three years old.

In contrast with other cities that allocated COVID funds to safety, Baltimore devoted a far greater portion of its spending to violence reduction and prevention efforts than it did to police.

Court access advocates and journalists laud the benefits of allowing the public to remotely view court records, saying it increases transparency and accommodates timely reporting on newsworthy events.

As Michigan invests in thermal cameras to reduce bus collisions, a Government Technology analysis reveals the extent to which low light and adverse weather may contribute to these incidents.

In an initiative piloted last year and made permanent in June, the New York Police Department uses drones after school to track four aboveground subway lines and alert officers if a person is spotted. Six people have died this year trying to ride on the outside of trains.

In the face of increasingly frequent threats from students, administrators at Conroe Independent School District in Texas are considering whether expensive metal detectors would be a useful or sustainable response.

The Badger State Sheriffs' Association recently received a sizeable anonymous donation that some officials say it may put toward bolstering election security in the pivotal swing state.

A new study suggests the city's law enforcement agencies are duplicating efforts and a merger of the Baton Rouge Police Department and the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office might be the solution.

A new study found that many judges said the tools were flawed, but helpful in some areas, including when they were forced to make quick decisions with scant information.

After county commissioners unanimously approved a roughly $400,000 agreement, sheriff’s deputies will get 90 new electronic stun guns that offer twice the range of the ones they have now.

Experts say school districts are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on contracts with computer monitoring vendors like GoGuardian and Gaggle without fully assessing their privacy and civil rights implications.