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Police need public’s trust before adopting new technologies, officials say

Police departments should gauge the sentiment of the communities they serve before adopting new law enforcement technologies like unmanned aerial vehicles or artificial intelligence, speakers said at a session on 21st-century policing Friday at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.

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SXSW 2019: Can Artificial Intelligence Spot Stressed Cops?

Central to the discussion was an assertion that good community policing will almost certainly remain human-based. There is not, in effect, a scenario any of them see in which actual human police officers are replaced by algorithms or drones. The movie Robocop is — for myriad reasons — not a future that any of us should be waiting for. Ditto to the predictive one in the movie Minority Report.

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SXSW 2019: State and Local Gov Tech Programming Guide

With the tech, media and entertainment world descending upon Austin, Texas, for the annual mega-conference, there are a number of panels, installations and speakers of interest to those in the public sector.

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6 Little-Known Startups Where Jeff Bezos Has Invested Millions

Jeff Bezos is not only the world’s richest man, he’s also a very smart investor. That’s especially true when he invests in startups. Over the past few years, he’s put money into several new companies that turned out to be phenomenally successful, including Airbnb, Uber, General Assembly, MakerBot, and Lookout. Where is Bezos putting his money…

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Jeff Bezos Is Quietly Betting on These 15 Companies — Why You Should, Too

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you were the richest person alive? Some of us couldn’t even dream of what to do with just $1 billion. However, we can take a look at what the actual richest man alive does with his money. In October 2018, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — currently the world’s richest man…

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Sheriff’s Services Improve With New Record Management System

“We’re told no one has ever launched a Mark43 product that fast,” said Capt. Rhodes. “The training time and staff cost to get it running were a dramatic improvement. The previous system required 3,052 hours in overtime and comp time. Mark43 took less than 370. The savings for the taxpayer are going to be substantial — now and long-term.”

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This NYC Startup Raised $38M to Help The Police Fight Crime With Software

There’s a lot of software dedicated to looming attacks in the cyber world – but what about practical software that aids our law enforcement officers and keeps us safe on the ground? Arising from observing bloated, legacy systems that are poorly designed and a general lack of technology adoption in police forces, Mark43 is a…

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