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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The districts must provide the plans to the safety committee every three years for the committee's review and recommendation.
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Brewer police partner with local schools for more immediate notification.
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Texas law, though, does not require schools to hire counselors, psychologists or social workers, and there is no cap on how many students they can serve.
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Mental health professionals, resource officers and locked doors are just part of the program.
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'Take action before one of your schools is attacked and many of your students and teachers are taken away by an active shooter.'
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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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