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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2014

Ford Offers "Surveillance mode" in New Police Interceptor

Ford has tweaked some on-board technology to warn if someone approaches the car from behind.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2014

Council Members Want Baltimore Officers to Wear Video Cameras

Two Baltimore City Councilmen plan to submit legislation today requiring every police officer in Baltimore to wear a body camera that records audio and video as the officers go about their jobs.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichSeptember 19, 2014

Cyber Terrorism: Preventing Online Assault

Hackers constantly target law enforcement. Whatever the intent, with our dependence on technology it's more important than ever that police agencies protect themselves against cyber terrorist attacks.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2014

COPS Office Releases Report on Body-Worn Cameras

The COPS Office has released "Implementing a Body-Worn Camera Program: Recommendations and Lessons Learned," a report that analyzes costs and benefits associated with its use. PERF produced the report for the COPS Office.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2014

Newest Androids to Offer Default Encryption, Blocking Police Searches

The next generation of Google’s Android operating system, due for release next month, will encrypt data by default for the first time, raising yet another barrier to police gaining access to the troves of personal data typically kept on smartphones.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2014

FBI's New Biometric Database Fully Operational

The FBI announced this week the achievement of full operational capability of the Next Generation Identification (NGI) System. It was developed to replace IAFIS and add new capabilities, including facial recognition.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2014

Apple to No Longer Unlock Most Devices for Police

Apple said Wednesday night that it is making it impossible for the company to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police — even when they have a search warrant.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 16, 2014

New Jersey Law Mandates Video Systems in New Patrol Car or Body Cameras for Officers

Last week New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a measure into law that requires police departments to mount video cameras on their new cars or provide their officers with wearable cameras.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2014

Digital Ally to Introduce Glasses Camera for FirstVu HD at IACP

Digital Ally, Inc., announced today it will introduce a "bullet camera" option for its FirstVu HD Officer-Worn Video System at the upcoming International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference, which is scheduled for October 25–28, 2014 in Orlando, Fla.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2014

Ocean Systems' QuickDME Manages Digital Assets

Ocean Systems' QuickDME is a secure end-to-end digital evidence asset manager that is easy to integrate within or between law enforcement agencies, allowing them to automate and standardize the ingesting, storage, dissemination, and tracking of all their digital assets involved in a case.

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