Newscan: NYC budget deal shifts a billion from NYPD, but threat of municipal layoffs still looms
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NYC budget deal shifts a billion from NYPD, but threat of municipal layoffs still looms
Minneapolis City Council unanimously moves forward with plan to dismantle police department
State of Michigan experiences 911 outages
One bad algorithm? Advocates say facial recognition reveals systemic racism in AI technology
New York may cut $1 billion from NYPD budget. The defund movement calls it a ‘betrayal’
Mayor De Blasio says ‘very substantial’ cuts coming to NYPD budget
De Blasio’s $1 billion NYPD budget cut is based on ‘gimmicks’ and ‘fiction,’ councilmembers say
De Blasio could lay off 22,000 city employees in wake of coronavirus fallout
Activists demanding $1 billion cut to NYPD budget occupy city hall for third straight night
Private ‘high threat protection’ team part of response to overnight CHOP shooting
Minneapolis council members get private security after threats
Social justice, broadband top priorities for smart cities
AT&T makes major network expansion across Vermont
T-Mobile wants to adjust Sprint merger terms like jobs promises, 5G speeds
Florida budget now more than a billion under budget due to COVID-19
One man dead, one teen wounded in shooting at Seattle’s CHOP
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FCC designates Huawei and ZTE as national security threats
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls on secure 5G supply chain in speech to U.S.-India Business Council
Fairfax County, Va., completes first deployment of next-generation 911 to enhance public safety
The FirstNet network expands across Deleware, Pennsylvania and Maryland
DHS S&T, NSA test automated security vetting for mobile apps
State of Florida reports $1.46 billion in lost revenue compared to budget for April and May
Etherstack signs global teaming agreement with Samsung for 4G/5G public safety
Microsoft blog highlights cloud-based Azure offerings for healthcare, RapidDeploy support for 911
ESChat welcomes veteran push-to-talk industry leader John Dilley as chief revenue officer