Archive for May, 2010

An emerging concept of policing appears to be helping communities reduce traffic accidents and serious crime. Consider Lafourche Parish, La., one of seven test sites nationwide implementing a paradigm known as Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS). In 2009, the number of severe traffic accidents in the parish dropped to just 10, down… Read more >>

As CIO of Riverside, Calif., Steve Reneker manages the Department of Information Technology. For the last four years, he’s overseen IT projects like the 2008 citywide Wi-Fi deployment, which provides Internet access to more than 3,600 low-income families. Reneker is also executive director of SmartRiverside, a nonprofit charged with creating technology initiatives that benefit the… Read more >>