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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Currently, the E-911 call center operated by the city of McAlester handles all E-911 calls, both in McAlester and throughout Pittsburg County.
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The free app, which was once banned as the Vigilante app by the Apple App Store, now calls a former foe its spokesman and boasts citizen heroics as evidence of its viability.
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'Everybody wears name badges. We have secure entrances. We have sign-in/sign-out sheets. We walk visitors to and from their destinations.'
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'Generally they involve a report of a murder, or a kidnapping or both. These events trigger a significant and serious response.'
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Though the original plan was to have the new public safety communication system ready by Dec. 31, officials are still working out bugs and finalizing contracts to use state infrastructure.
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Edward Parkinson has been named acting CEO of the First Responder Network Authority.
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The bill would require the state Office of Emergency Services to create emergency alert guidelines by July 2019.
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‘We consider the program to be a success so far,’ Dan Koenig, the county's 911 planning coordinator, said last week as the program approached its two-month mark.
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Nassau and Suffolk counties will receive nearly $320,000 to make updates to their emergency dispatch operations.
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As the majority of Colorado wildfires approach 100 percent containment, Forest Service teams are beginning to visit burn areas on U.S. Forest Service lands to assess their vulnerability to flooding, landslides and other fire-related catastrophes.
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A deadly wildfire along the Merced River near Yosemite National Park quadrupled in size overnight and pushed closer to the park Sunday.
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A man bearing a shotgun with a light attached to its barrel appeared at the double-glass doors to the newsroom. Twice, he tugged unsuccessfully at the locked doors, then shot the right one, blasting it to shards.
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The Baltimore Sun, which owns the newspaper, reported that a male gunman was taken into custody and law enforcement officials continued to search the building.
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The 30-page report released Wednesday studied 63 active shooters from 2000-2013.
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With the number of mass shootings increasing in recent years across the country, a growing number of Chippewa Valley companies and organizations are pursuing such training for their employees.
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Austin school district leaders want to spend $1.7 million in its upcoming budget on more police officers and cameras, enhanced background checks, and a bus tracking system.
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'You’ve got to look beyond someone coming in the school and doing something bad.'
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'Our real success on Friday was the response by the college community. We asked them to lock down, and they did. That’s where I really appreciate it. Our plans are working as intended.'
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