Public Safety
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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. -
When the Eaton Fire broke out in the foothills near Altadena, the Los Angeles County Fire Department did not have access to a satellite-based fire-tracking program regularly used by other agencies.
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Police are harnessing the power of technology to help advance old investigations, and they are currently working to digitize all of their cold cases, hoping to be finished some time in early 2026.
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Officials with the fire department in Ventura County, which is northwest of Los Angeles, labeled the blaze very dangerous and encouraged residents to heed evacuation orders.
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With a question-and-answer video on the Woodland, Calif., police department’s Facebook, Chief Ryan Kinnan discussed community policing, including advancements in tech and building trust with residents.
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's office has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with a security consulting firm that aims to harness technology to bolster criminal prosecutions inside the state.
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In contrast with other cities that allocated COVID funds to safety, Baltimore devoted a far greater portion of its spending to violence reduction and prevention efforts than it did to police.
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The Badger State Sheriffs' Association recently received a sizeable anonymous donation that some officials say it may put toward bolstering election security in the pivotal swing state.
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A new study suggests the city's law enforcement agencies are duplicating efforts and a merger of the Baton Rouge Police Department and the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office might be the solution.
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After county commissioners unanimously approved a roughly $400,000 agreement, sheriff’s deputies will get 90 new electronic stun guns that offer twice the range of the ones they have now.
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Public safety officials in Pittsburgh and across Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, are preparing for the threat of political violence in the leadup to next week's presidential election battle.
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The DeKalb Fire Protection District was awarded the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Fire Protection Grant, which is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act and will help replace outdated equipment.
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The California Highway Patrol is stepping in to help combat property theft, shootings and more in the city of San Bernardino, where rates of violent crime are around double the state average.
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Firefighters from across the country will join federal Homeland Security Department officials at the FDNY Fire Academy for a deep dive on how to tackle deadly lithium-ion battery fires.
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The Connecticut National Guard is using helicopters with buckets filled from a nearby lake to fight a massive brush fire that left a firefighter dead following a rollover crash involving a utility vehicle.
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A $2 million state appropriation will soon be used to expand training opportunities for future firefighters at a Macomb County training facility that will eventually resemble a real functional fire station.
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The Methuen Police Department launched a drone program in 2017 and it has since grown to encompass seven officers and three drones, primarily focusing on locating missing people, among other uses.
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A man suspected of strangling three women to death in Ventura County in 1977 is headed to court after new DNA technology shed light on the serial slayings that had stumped detectives for decades.
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Blazes this season have set an acreage record with 1.9 million acres burned in Oregon at the end of September. Battling them has also stretched firefighters thin nationwide and, in Oregon, sapped state funding.
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The Montgomery County Attorney's Office has said it supports law enforcement in keeping parts of vehicle chase policies confidential, after a pursuit ended in a head-on collision. The incident occurred in early October.
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Data team members at precip.ai recently compared the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model of the hurricane to information on the actual storm. Staffers discovered it had provided a realistic depiction of the event.
