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 attack hit safety institutions in the U.K., including hospitals.
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The message is repeated in eight different languages: Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Tagalog, Somali, and Korean.
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The system can't handle the reams of data from the video captured and then sent to the Police Department.
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The information-sharing program began in New York after 9/11.
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'Based on my 40 years in law enforcement, I know that when there are more guns allowed, there is more risk and less safety,'
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The mayor handles day-to-day operations of the borough police department, which has two full-time officers and several part-timers.
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Most of the money will be used to purchase new antenna towers and microwave systems that will be erected throughout town.
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With intense public interest in relations between police officers and the communities they serve, departments are looking for new ways to head off problems before they escalate.
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In broad strokes, community policing suggests the best way to cool down a hot neighborhood is by building lines of communication between citizens and cops.
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Ten months after July 7, when a gunman's rampage killed five officers and wounded nine more at a protest, the trauma is still fresh.
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A quarter-century later, many young LAPD officers have a child’s memories of the riots, or no memories at all. Yet they work in a department profoundly shaped by its missteps during that time.
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Officials are hoping the technology can tip them off to early warning signs of an event like the deadly smog that took 20 lives in nearby Donora more than a half-century ago.
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'We have a crime problem. We keep beating this dead dog with meeting after meeting.'
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The force is at 3,077 officers. That's the smallest force the city has had in about 10 years.
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The St. Paul Police Department has been putting its officers through Crisis Intervention Team training for years, but this is the first time it’s brought the training in-house.
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'So many agencies are buying the technology, so they want to know what else they need to do to get their program in place.'
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The importance of networks within emergency management is not a new concept, as our thinking has evolved to embrace 'whole community' partners.
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The city hopes to have all 22,000 patrol officers wearing cameras by the end of 2019
