Public Safety
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The county in Texas Hill Country accepted the funds from the state following last summer's deadly flooding on the Guadalupe River. Neighboring Kerr County accepted a similar state grant this week. -
By responding to 911 calls involving mental health crises with a specialized team including a clinical social worker, the program cut hospitalization rates. Permanent funding may be on the way.
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday.
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Despite assurances that the U.S. could handle such a serious disease, public health agencies and health-care institutions made serious mistakes five years ago when the virus broke through inadequate systems in West Africa.
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Florida changed regulations to require backup generators and enough fuel to maintain comfortable temperatures at all 3,749 nursing homes and assisted living facilities statewide in case of power loss. Only some complied.
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The Ohio School Safety Center houses seven homeland security officials, who will scan social media sites for information that could lead to preventing the next school shooting or other violent acts, including suicide.
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At 5 a.m., Dorian was a Category 1 storm with 85 mph winds and located 150 miles north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The storm is expected to grow and could hit Category 3 status before reaching Florida’s east coast.
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After a recent test with 350 agencies that included Miami Beach, Fla., the social media giant Facebook is making its emergency alerts tool available to any government page that wants to use it.
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The police department has replaced computers in eight squad vehicles so far for $3,600 apiece. The upgrade will help agencies in Columbia County begin sharing data more closely with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
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North Carolina School District hires first, full-time school safety director, secures schools’ entrances, deploys bus technology and will undergo assessments and conduct drills to keep its students safe.
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SROs are often mentioned when the discussion revolves around active shooters on campus, but that discussion should be about more than just shooters and should include the entire community, some experts say.
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The Police Department will officially begin calling the $13.46 million building its new home on Monday, relocating from cramped quarters at City Hall. The Fire Department should be ready to move in about a week later.
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Dayton City Manager Shelley Dickstein said she has checked in with the police officers who engaged Connor Betts, 24, to encourage them to be mindful of their mental health and to use available resources.
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An effort by Caltech that began eight years ago, called the Community Seismic Network, has resulted in the installation of 1,000 sensors across the region, on a wide range of public and private buildings.
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High heat and humidity are forecast early in the week. Cooling centers are air-conditioned facilities such as libraries, community centers and senior centers that are open to the public during heat emergencies.
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Schools should incorporate active shooter training gradually with students, starting with simple education, then working to evacuation drills and barricading. The fight stage should be omitted when working with young kids.
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Since it debuted last year, the first dedicated communications network for emergency responders has signed on 9,000 public safety agencies, and plans to grow in areas including portable services and improved connections.
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A commission investigating the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland has criticized the county for not getting a new public safety radio system sooner. The current system couldn’t adequately handle the heavy radio traffic.
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In Madison, with one year left for schools that received grant funding to finalize safety and security upgrades, just three private schools have finished their projects and training requirements associated with the funding.
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The fire department has also trained school system health educators on CPR in Howard County, Md. After being trained, the health educators began to teach CPR training to sixth- and ninth-grade students.
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After the summit and briefings from FBI agents and other groups, first-term Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said there’s no reason to believe New Mexico is at greater risk of future mass shootings than other states.
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