On June 27, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom and California legislators approved and enacted the state’s budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024, totaling $310.8 billion. Within this budget, a sum of approximately $141.4 million has been designated to cover mandated costs for county and local public agencies, with $50.5 million specifically allocated for the Racial and...
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Summary: There’s a growing national trend towards mandated stop data collection, highlighted by laws like California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) and Colorado’s SB-20-217. Law enforcement agencies should consider adding additional, custom questions for data collection, helping them gain better context around stops while boosting operational transparency and accountability. Current data collection methods often...
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Summary: Veritone acquired Broadbean Technology this year, combining their capabilities with PandoLogic, another Veritone acquisition to form Veritone HR Solutions. Alex Fourlis, former President and Managing Director of Broadbean, was appointed General Manager of Veritone HR Solutions to continue revolutionizing the HR space through the power of technology. Alex Fourlis shares some of his insights...
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Summary: The challenges of audio and video-based FOIA request workflows and workloads for federal civilian agencies How Veritone Redact can help improve this workflow The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) stands as a cornerstone of government transparency, enabling citizens to access public records and information. However, the management of FOIA requests poses substantial challenges for...
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Summary: SB20-217 is a new Colorado law requiring multiple things from law enforcement agencies in the state. In addition to wearing body-worn cameras (BWC), as outlined in part 1 of this series, they also need to collect and submit incident and stop data. Agencies need a tool officers can use to limit the time they...
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Summary: SB20-217 is a Colorado law requiring several things from law enforcement agencies in the state. Some of these things include body-worn cameras (BWC) on specific classifications of law enforcement officers and releasing this footage to the public. Colorado law enforcement agencies need new tools to scale their redaction @practice to effectively redact audio-video files...
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In the ever-evolving landscape of public safety and criminal investigations, suspect identification stands as a pivotal component. Over the years, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) have relied on a variety of techniques, some of which have proven to be challenging and limited. Eyewitness accounts, once considered a gold standard, have faced scrutiny due to their susceptibility...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has created a world in which anyone can compose music, create art, or even write a complete movie script with a few keystrokes. As the global generative AI market is expected to surpass $22 billion by 2025, the realm of generative AI is reshaping industries and redefining the limits of artificial intelligence....
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Summary In this blog, we cover: Ten ways applications for artificial intelligence in public transportation How AI can make mass transit safer, more efficient, and more accessible FAQs regarding AI and public transportation The Impact of AI on Public Transportation The global adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way we live and...
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The Veritone Digital Media Hub team has unveiled its newest features that enhance content discoverability, insights, and metadata capabilities. Analytics Center provides deep content insights by offering enhanced visibility into user activities and content usage metrics within Digital Media Hub. Synthetic data cleansing and new AI engines will enable automated metadata creation and enhance search...
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