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Public Safety Technology in the News
Des Moines to Install Five Red-Light Citation Cameras
Des Moines Register.com, (05/06/2011), Jason Pulliam
Based on 2005-2009 Iowa Department of Transportation accident statistics, the Des Moines Police Department identified five accident- prone intersections to be equipped with red-light cameras. The intersections include three of the 10 ranked as the city's most dangerous; traffic volume also entered into the equation. Cameras will become active in May or June. The city also plans to begin using two speed cameras, one of them mobile, at the same time. Camera use will open with a 30-day grace period after which fines starting at $65 will be assessed. The city will share revenues with the cameras' vendor.
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Tulsa Police Squad Cars Will Soon All be Equipped With Camera Equipment
KJRH, (05/06/2011), Breanne Palmerini
The Tulsa Police Department is working on an ongoing installation of cameras in its squad cars, with 19 vehicles equipped with the device and another 40 to be installed as the year goes on. The cameras provide valuable evidence about crimes and also protect the officers from unwarranted claims of harassment. The system has two cameras per car, one showing activity inside the vehicle and the other, events on the outside. Officers also are equipped with a microphone. Turning on a car's lights automatically activates the system. Video is uploaded automatically whenever an officer drives within range of one of several wireless access points.
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Traffic-Camera Revenues Declining
Arizona Daily Star, (05/09/2011), Rob O'Dell and Jamar Younger
Tucson and Pima County in Arizona are learning that longer use of speed and red-light cameras leads to fewer tickets and less associated revenue. Individuals opposed to the use of the cameras say because the city is getting less revenue from the cameras it has, it may install more cameras to make up the lost funds (Pima County is considering additional cameras.) Tucson has seven red-light cameras and two mobile speed vans, while Pima County has 10 fixed-location speed cameras.
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KPD Unveils Web Crime Reports
Kodiak Daily Mirror, (05/09/2011), Louis Garcia
The Kodiak (Alaska) Police Department has joined the list of more than 1,600 agencies nationwide that subscribe to CrimeReports.com, a free service that compiles near real-time crime reporting data on Google maps. No identifying information for individuals and locations is provided. Users may screen information for incidents reported in Kodiak by type of incident or by date range, and may also obtain more information about a specific incident. They may also submit anonymous tips through TipSoft, accessed through a link on the CrimeReports page, and sign up to receive alerts.
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Freeport Police Install Video-Surveillance Network
RCRWireless.com, (05/10/2011), Tracy Ford
A project to install video surveillance cameras is under way in Freeport, Texas, where the police chief has said the city faces potential problems due to its location on the Gulf Coast and the fact that 29 of the world's largest chemical companies are located there. Freeport, the 16th largest port in the country, is also near the U.S.-Mexico border. The first cameras to be installed will monitor a marina and a public housing project; cameras will be installed in five phases. Video will be monitored 24/7 by the Freeport Police Department.
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Text Message Alert System for Natural Disasters
Your News Now, (05/10/2011)
A planned nationwide alert system was launched May 9 in New York City, with expansion throughout the country slated for April 2012. Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN) will send text messages to all late-model cell phones and will be received with a unique ring tone. Messages can target geographic areas by using specific cell phone towers or be broadcast nationwide. Divided into three categories-alerts from the President, alerts involving imminent threats to safety (such as natural disasters and terror attacks) and Amber Alerts-they will override other messages in a time of emergency and thus won't be slowed by the high volume of calls typically generated during such an event.
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Swainsboro Police Department Goes Mobile
SwainsboroNews.Com, (05/10/2011)
Police officers� in Swainsboro, Ga., now have information on wanted persons, driver license status, vehicle registration status, stolen property information and criminal background information right in their vehicles, as the department has begun installation of mobile data terminals. Officers can also access data from the Georgia Crime Information Center and National Crime Information Center and will, in the future, be able to complete incident and accident reports while on the street. Department officers have received state certification on the terminals' use.
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IMMIGRATION: Monroe County Joins Controversial Program
City Newspaper, (05/10/2011), Jeremy Moule
When Monroe County joined the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Secure Communities Program in March, it became the 24th of New York's 62 counties to participate in the project. Under the program, which started in 2008, a participating law enforcement agency shares the fingerprints of everyone arrested with ICE. ICE in turns check the fingerprints to help determine whether the person arrested may be in the country illegally. Secure Communities started in border states and plans call for nationwide implementation by 2013.
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Patrol Cars Reading Plates Faster With Computer System
GoUpstate.Com, (05/10/2011), Lynne P. Shackleford
In Spartanburg, S.C., officers recently began using two patrol cars equipped with automatic license plate recognition technology. Now, police can swiftly photograph hundreds of license plates, upload the images to a national database and receive alerts telling them if the vehicle has been stolen or otherwise involved in a crime, or belongs to someone suspected of a criminal activity. The city used a $51,900 federal stimulus grant to buy the equipment. In the early days of its use, the devices have helped officers recover two stolen vehicles and led to one arrest.
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Hand-Me-Down Armored Car Is New Sheriff�s Tool
Marion Star, (05/11/2011), Jessica Cuffman
A "gift" from a neighboring Ohio County has permitted the Marion County Sheriff"s Office to begin using an armored vehicle at a cost of just $1,000. Purchasing the same vehicle new would have cost the county more than $200,000. Butler County had two armored vehicles and could not sell one because it was acquired through a federal program that gives military surplus equipment to law enforcement, so the vehicle was donated to Marion County. The sheriff's office there had to perform only minimal maintenance to put the equipment into use, and its Counter Assault Team already has trained with the armored vehicle. Plans call for using it during standoff situations.
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