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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Citizen review boards can offer police departments and local residents a function for handling policy and procedures and a place for complaints to be heard and investigated thoroughly by an independent entity. But they have to be done properly.
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Gov. Nathan Deal accepted FirstNet and AT&T's plan to deliver a wireless broadband network to the state's public safety community.
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The two providers of dedicated public safety wireless communication networks aim to launch in 2018, though full build-outs will take more time.
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At 11:45 a.m. Dec. 1, during regular siren tests on the first business day of each month, 50 seconds of the steady-tone alert will be followed by a pause and then 50 seconds of the attack warning tone.
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St. Paul Police train to meet the needs of the community in new digs.
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Training to deal with 'active shooters' has been going on for years in Rock County, but that's just one part of a complicated system that needs to be set up quickly in such cases.
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While some worry bringing guns into churches could disturb the peaceful and welcoming environment, others say Sunday’s actions have jolted them into action.
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As the gunman left the church, a town resident grabbed his own rifle and confronted him. The gunman dropped his gun and fled in his vehicle, and the resident pursued him.
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But there are measures that should be taken to mitigate terrorist attacks like the one in New York City.
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New training simulator puts Minnesota department’s police officers in countless scenarios.
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Authorities are investigating the incident as an act of terror, according to NBC.
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FEMA does not ask for immigration status on its eligibility forms, and was not aware of a case in which information was shared with ICE.
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The new dispatch system, Intergraph Mobile for Public Safety, is being installed on laptop computers in police cars.
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There will be "enhanced" security measures, Fire personnel will conduct propane and vendor inspections, and emergency medical services and hazardous materials teams will be available.
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Police and first responders locally train for active shooter situations and other disasters.
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Nothing of that magnitude has happened in Weld County, Colo., but sheriff's deputy Grady Nicholson knows it could. He pointed to the 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino as an example.
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The idea is to station containers filled with tourniquets, bandages and protective gloves where crowds gather, from airports and malls to schools and concert venues, just in case they’re needed.
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'A lesson learned from the events in Orlando and other mass casualties, including San Bernardino and the Boston Marathon, is it's necessary that incident commanders set up a family assistance center.'
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