by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 15, 2018 | Criminal Justice
Palantir Technologies, founded by Peter Thiel and one of the most valuable privately-held companies in Silicon Valley, is named after magical stones in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth that allowed its users to see great distances even through solid rock. One unfortunate...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 15, 2018 | Criminal Justice
Despite some misgivings over the effectiveness of automated court recordings, the Massachusetts Trial Court will abolish all court reporter positions by June 30 this year. In their place will be an advanced digital audio recording system called For the Record....
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 15, 2018 | Criminal Justice
Expect use-of-force simulations to become increasingly sophisticated and data-driven in 2018. And in becoming so, police training will begin to mirror how elite athletes train for an event. Making simulations as real as possible has obvious benefits. And they are...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 12, 2018 | Risk Management and Insurance
One of the biggest risks facing school administrators can’t be found on the classroom, but rather on the field: many administrators around the country are worried sick about concussions and brain trauma stemming from football. Some 170,000 schoolchildren are...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 9, 2018 | Risk Management and Insurance
Country risk maps, with their bright colors and seemingly precise numerical values, are an excellent way to help clients visualize the data and the analysis that these maps are based on. They are easily digestible tidbits of information that are often used to compare...
