Justice and Public Safety

Police departments often struggle with the volume of calls coming in. This new product is designed to streamline the filing of non-emergency reports, give updates on the progress of complaints and free up officers for higher-priority work.

Starting in July, the nonprofit Pennsylvania School Safety Institute will offer classroom training and hands-on simulations to prepare educators and law enforcement to respond to physical security threats on campus.

Weeks after a cyber attack crippled the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department computer systems, county officials confirmed that the hackers had been paid a $1.1 million ransom.

The state’s Supreme Court this week heard a legal challenge to a controversial law enforcement technique Denver police used to identify the three teenagers accused of killing five people in a house fire three years ago.

The Los Angeles Police Department expects to see a major improvement in its dash-cam footage with a new cloud management system and upgraded in-car cameras that allow uploading to a server from the field.

The technology still misidentifies individuals, especially when it’s focused on people of color. While the technology has advanced, the problems haven't gone away, and new legislation won’t fix them either.

Some City Council members say they’d like to see more community input before police finalize their policy on using drones, after two meetings were held and 10 people attended one while none went to the other.

Authorities say technology played a vital role in Wednesday’s eight-hour search for a man accused of opening fire inside a Midtown medical office, killing one woman and wounding four others.

State lawmakers are assigning $25 million to help police departments replace their drone fleets after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration forced local governments to stop using drone technology made in China.

A school district in Virginia is applying for a federal grant to put sensors, artificial intelligence and other smart technology in each school building to screen students and detect concealed weapons.

Local police in San Antonio advise discretion in combating auto theft through the use of Apple's AirTag technology, which enables people to locate whatever the devices are attached to using a mobile app.

DeKalb County, Ga., jailers are preparing to join their counterparts in nearby Fulton and Cobb in tracking the whereabouts and health of their inmates with high-tech wristbands.

The goal is to make it easier for the community to get in touch with the agency, as well as free up the 911 dispatch for emergency response, said Scott Hoffman, the agency's police technologies manager.

A newly established board voted to create an ad hoc committee to gather more research and public comment on a police proposal to install hundreds of smart streetlights and automatic license plate readers.

Baltimore’s use of surveillance and facial recognition technology would face new restrictions under legislation introduced by a city councilman this week.

A Connecticut law requires every police officer and patrol car to be equipped with body and dashboard cams, but there is no mechanism to enforce the mandate and no one is keeping track of compliance.

In a move that could help speed up prosecution of notoriously slow criminal cases, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office will more comprehensively store and track digital evidence.

The City Council has approved the purchase of 38 license plate readers and four gunshot detection devices for the police department. The total cost is $499,300 and will come from the American Rescue Plan Act and Asset Forfeiture Funding.