City staff will present more information on a new contract at the council's next meeting. The city wants the next company to ensure data remains under city control and that there are clear privacy guardrails and automatic audit trails.

Google is challenging a warrant from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) that asked the company to help get a lead in a homicide case by turning over the data of individuals who searched specific keywords.

Patience Rousseau was labeled a baby killer after her 2018 miscarriage. She was later found innocent. Now Humboldt County has agreed to a $1.6 million settlement.

In the wake of Jon Ponder's arrest on sexual assault charges, program graduates and reform advocates consider where the organization goes from here.

CCSD said in a statement that it will have no further comment until the review is complete and will update the community on its final decision regarding whether it will reinitiate the use of Flock System cameras.

Legislators in an interim judiciary meeting on Tuesday unanimously accepted a recommendation to request a bill be drafted on the issue. It would require agencies that use automated license plate systems to adopt written policies, train authorized users on lawful use and data-protection requirements.

The company's little-discussed expansion into schools has raised concerns about privacy, including for youth. Emails show a push to keep adding new features.

Nevada's prison agency paid $52 million for unanticipated overtime hours over the last year. Leaders say the problem is partly out of their control, even as they are trying new strategies to curb those costs.

The Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to force the state to immediately issue decisions on whether crime victims are eligible for compensation.

There are dozens of people who have been waiting for months to receive funds through the state's Victim Compensation Program, according to interviews with victims and advocates. The program, which is partially funded through federal dollars, is supposed to provide financial assistance to victims of violent crimes, helping them with everything from recouping medical expenses to lost wages. 

State officials also approved a critical labor shortage designation for the state prison system amid numerous vacancies for correctional officers, counselors and doctors that have been open for years.

Nevada is one of the few states that does not have a canine unit in its state prison system, according to the state's correctional officers union. Such units have long been embraced as a way for prisons and law enforcement to detect drugs and conduct searches.

In late April, Sparks City Council unanimously approved a request by the local police department to roll out facial recognition software to crack down on shoplifting in partnership with Reno Police and Washoe County Sheriff's Office. The technology is the latest strategy to tackle what police say are rising theft rates in Sparks.

In a three-count complaint, commissioners say trust in the suspended justice's ability is missing and she should have returned donated funds she solicited.

To curb drug use, the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) is proposing restricting physical mail from entering facilities and replacing it with electronic copies — a move that has drawn sharp criticism from criminal justice advocates who see physical mail as a morale-boosting connection between inmates and the outside world.

Roblox will contribute $10 million over three years to support youth programs and alternatives to screen time. The settlement includes enhanced age verification and restricted notifications for minors.

Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing police to track a device virtually in real time — all without a warrant. 

Policymakers told The Indy that it's been difficult to keep up with the pace of the technology and it's unclear just how ubiquitous the devices are. Information on where the cameras are located is not publicly available.

The lawsuit marked one of the most substantial challenges against 287(g) collaborations in the state, which play an outsize role in the deportation system in Nevada. At least three other jurisdictions in the state have entered agreements since the start of the second Trump administration.

A legal green card holder with schizophrenia alleges in a new lawsuit that he mutilated himself after being repeatedly denied his medications while in immigration custody at the Nevada Southern Detention Center.