After Riot Cleanup, Baltimore May Face Big Long-Term Economic Repercussions
A study of the 1992 L.A. riots showed $3.8 billion in lost taxable sales over 10 years.
When Drivers Adjust to Speed Camera Enforcement
Speed cameras may be hated by drivers, but reduced ticket revenue is a sign they’re working.
Increasing State Speed Limits Spur Safety Concerns
Drivers’ rights advocates argue that if higher speed limits are being set at appropriate levels based on valid engineering standards, roads will actually be safer. But many safety experts disagree.
With a Police Body Camera Redaction Solution in Sight in Seattle, D.C. Mayor Moves to Block Video Access
A transparency fight is simmering in the nation’s capital. But in the other Washington, tech-savvy civic hackers are helping police figure out automated video redaction.
How Predictive Policing Is Using Algorithms to Deliver Crime-Reduction Results for Cities
From its birth in Santa Cruz, California, advancing technology allows better deployment of police resources in departments across the nation.
Will Albuquerque’s Police Problems Arrest Its Economic Aspirations?
New Mexico’s largest city wants to boost its innovation environment. But will negative headlines deter the mayor’s entrepreneurial ambitions?
My other car is a smart phone
Cisco wants to network and IP-enable vehicles, which could be a boon for emergency response crews, among others.
What is LTE, and why is it right for a public safety network?
The details of a national public safety network have yet to be worked out, but the consensus is it will be based on the emerging Long Term Evolution standard.
Public safety network has ‘eye-opening’ first real-world test
Police on the street and in the crowd used iPhones for encrypted voice, data and video, free of the congestion that can hamper a commercial wireless network.
CBP puts $100M into sensors to track drug smugglers flying ultralights
The system, to be operated at border stations and in remote areas, is intended to thwart a growing threat.
Data storage shortage forces DEA to drop prosecutions, reports say
With only 40T of storage agencywide, a prosecutor drops a long-running case that has amassed some two terabytes of data, along with more than 400,000 documents.
FBI to open facial recognition searches to police nationwide
A pilot project that started in Michigan will give police in in several states access to a database of nearly 13 million mug shots.
NYPD, Microsoft unveil all-seeing downtown surveillance system
The Domain Awareness System analyzes data from thousands of cameras, sensors and crime databases in real time, delivering a comprehensive view of threats and activity.
License plate scanners: Useful tools, but what about all that data?
The systems, which can capture up to thousands of images per hour, are increasingly popular with police but are raising privacy conerns.
FBI seeks to expand wiretap law to social networks, IM, webmail
The FBI has drafted a proposal that would require social networking, webmail and IM sites, as well as voice-over-IP providers, to make their sites wiretap-ready, and it is asking those companies not to oppose the measure.
Cyber crime-fighters: A model for international cooperation?
Current international collaboration against online criminals could offer a template for broader cooperation on cybersecurity, although law enforcement has challenges of its own.
Server yields no clues to U. of Pittsburgh bomb threats
A server seized in connection with a series of bomb threats directed at the University of Pittsburgh won't help authorities find the person responsible.
Crash analytics: How data can help eliminate highway deaths
Highway safety groups' strategy, called Toward Zero Deaths, is ambitious, but data analytics combined with the "Four Es" make it possible.
Social media, crime fighter
Police can use social networks to spot trends, counter threats and communicate with the public. But it also has potential pitfalls, law enforcement officers say.
'Elite' hacker done in by everyday iPhone function
A hacker who posted racy photos gloating about his hack of police officers' home addresses didn't realize the pictures were GPS-tagged and time-stamped.
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