Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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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.
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'This is what we train for. This is what we prepare for and this is what we pray we never have to do.'
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Sunset Valley Police Chief Lenn Carter said the store has no drop-off point, so whoever “delivered (the package) had to have come inside the store.
