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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Gone are the white police chief and the white city manager, replaced by African-American men.
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She will need support from both the public and the city police officers’ union to get voter approval for a half-cent sales tax increase to hire more police officers.
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The city is being asked to commit $1 million over four years in an attempt to target 'the most lethal young men walking the streets.'
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'In some cases, firefighters have been killed, and many others have been sickened. … It’s a pretty nasty material if it gets out of the bottle.'
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Recent classified intelligence suggests North Korea is closer to reaching the islands than previously thought.
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School officials heard and watched the horrors Monday in a safety and security training class taught by instructors from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Office of Homeland Security and the Mississippi Law Enforcement Academy.
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A recent study by Stanford University succeeded in examining eight years of data, to 2014, and found that initial hospitalizations involving firearm injuries cost $734.6 million a year nationally.
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Houston announced Thursday that it won a three-year, $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for system analysis and training.
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In the often chaotic post-incident scene, it can be difficult to coordinate the efforts of multiple response agencies and bystanders.
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The changes come partially in response to the unrest in Ferguson following the police shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in 2014.
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Proposed budget cuts would hurt security and could curb mitigation efforts.
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Homeland Security provided the bus funding in 2003, to the tune of around $500,000. Rolla Fire and Rescue outfitted the bus in 2004 for another $200,000.
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Have we lost focus on protecting the general public from nuclear weapons?
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The defacement is being investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in coordination with the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
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Understanding the importance of baseline, situational awareness, demeanor and understanding the threat is not difficult; applying the concepts to individual, and possibly unique, areas of responsibility can be more challenging.
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The event marked the end of a three-day, highly specialized class designed to teach education professionals how to stop active shooter situations and deal with related injuries.
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'It is bittersweet in that we do not support this law, however are mandated to follow the unfunded requirement.'
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Demolishing and rebuilding the existing building could cost between $14 million and $18 million. It would also require buying more land and building vertically.
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