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• COVID-19: How public safety companies are assisting the frontline pandemic response

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  The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations

• US agency: Pandemic masks thwart face recognition tech up to 50% of the time

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  Under ideal conditions, the failure rate for the best algorithms is only about 0.3%, according to a study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

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• NY lawmakers vote to pause facial recognition in schools

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  The move follows an NYCLU lawsuit filed last month to have the state's only system deactivated

• Two L.A. County supervisors tout pandemic safety, but put own employees at risk, staffers say

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  In an anonymous letter, employees argue that telework options have been needlessly, and recklessly, limited

• On-Demand Webinar: Best practices for building rich conversational experiences for your constituents

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  Get an inside look at how state and local agencies are using technologies like Google Cloud and Dialogflow to enable remote workforce collaboration and engage citizens with tools like virtual intelligent agents

• CTO Download: San Leandro's Tony Batalla talks emerging tech, best practices and pandemic-induced digital transformation

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  Tony Batalla is the chief technology officer and head of innovation & IT for the City of San Leandro, California

• New Mexico mandates body cameras in wake of protests

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  The reforms apply to local and state law enforcement officers with the exception of tribal governments

• Contact tracing apps aren't going to solve the pandemic

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  Officials in 17 states have said they don't intend to create apps or use smartphones to perform contact tracing at all

• When facial recognition gets it wrong: Detroit man demands answers from police

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  The case is likely to fuel a movement in Detroit and around the U.S. protesting racial injustice at the hands of police

• Researchers: High-tech surveillance amplifies police bias and overreach

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  Police reform efforts are increasingly looking at law enforcement organizations’ use of surveillance technologies

• NYPD releases new bodycam recording release policy

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  Under the policy, the city will release audio and video recordings of any fatal officer-involved incidents within 30 days

• Body cameras may not be the easy answer everyone was looking for

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  Body camera use is increasing in the United States even though research on their effectiveness is mixed

• Case Study: Public safety organization integrates complex workforce scheduling requirements with human capital management and payroll

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  The East Fork Fire Protection District is one of Nevada’s largest combination fire and EMS agencies. Hear how their Battalion Chief led the department to integrate complex crew scheduling with human capital management and payroll in a unified cloud platform

• COVID-19: Opportunity for better digital engagement

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  Activity on local government social channels is increasing under the coronavirus epidemic with engagements on official city accounts skyrocketing 160% in March

• Is the public ready to accept surveillance by social distancing drone?

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  At least 40 law enforcement agencies across the country have used drones in the past few months for coronavirus-related purposes

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