Public Safety
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Rates of ER visits for heat-related illness in Dallas-area kids soared between 2012 and 2023. The findings mirror global trends as temperatures, particularly in the summer, increase. -
A new Google and Muon-backed satellite wildfire detection system promises faster alerts and high-resolution fire imagery. But with false alarms already straining fire crews, its real impact may depend on trust.
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System issues were behind intermittent disruptions to Next-Generation 911 earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said in a preliminary report. A cyber attack is not believed to be behind it.
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The Urban Area Security Initiative money is doled out through FEMA to “high-threat, high-density” cities and urban areas to help pay for anti-terrorism training, purchasing equipment and responding to a terrorist attack.
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Some school districts are adding more security measures for graduation ceremonies, exploring ways to limit how people can enter campuses and training staff on responding to an active shooter.
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The shots could even be heard outside where a few spectators also saw flashes of light, as if the firing weapon was real.
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Abbott said schools should also consider screening the social media accounts of students for threats or troubling behavior.
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Police were called to the school shortly before 8 a.m. Friday after shots were fired. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms also responded to the scene.
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Emergency responders practiced packing holes in the objects with combat gauze as if tending to wounds from a mass casualty scenario or even a collision.
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At least nine local districts have included funding in their proposed budgets to establish new school resource-officer positions or another position that would be filled by a police officer.
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Teachers tasked with locking their students inside their rooms to protect them during the six-minute assault were forced to lock their doors from the outside.
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Crisis intervention teams, or critical incident teams, are made up of licensed police officers who respond to emergency calls involving mentally ill people.
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The recommendation was made at a hearing that examined the causes of a Jan. 13 false ballistic missile alert, which cast doubt on whether the state Hawaii Emergency Management Agency should handle future notifications.
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A strong majority of respondents, 69 percent, said metal detectors at all Maryland schools makes sense.
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The situation is so dire, according to one jail insider, that the county lock-up may soon have to begin turning away arrestees.
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'I'm sure everyone can remember where they were, who they were with and what they were doing when the bombs exploded.'
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After the December 2015 terror attack, the FBI waged a high-profile public fight to force Apple Inc. to unlock the iPhone, even going to court in a case that pitted national security against digital privacy.
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Police now have real-time access to video surveillance systems.
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Even when the system generally works, it is showing its age in sound quality and coverage.
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A syringe with small sponges is pumped into the wound, stopping the bleeding.
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The suspected Austin serial bomber who apparently killed himself early Wednesday as authorities closed in on him was Pflugerville, Texas, resident Mark A. Conditt, according to local and federal law enforcement sources.
