Public Safety
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Iowa City and Johnson County are taking part in a pilot program that will aim to develop a protocol that will serve as another response to 911 or other crisis line calls typically handled by local law enforcement. -
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.
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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 Islamic State group says one of its members planted bombs in the middle of crowds in Manchester, though police have spoken only of "an improvised device" used in the attack.
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'If you blow up a stadium, you will not create a lot of damage, but it will create panic, and people will be injured in the panic.'
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North Dakota, Connecticut and New York snagged the top three spots, respectively.
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New York City event and others like it attempt to identify those who’ve gone missing.
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A Sacramento city policy approved last year requires that footage of “critical incidents” with police be released to the public within 30 days.
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A look at some of the telltale signs that could project how the Trump administration will proceed.
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Encryption would prevent members of the public from using scanners to listen to officers’ communication.
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The indicators are far from conclusive, the researchers warned, and it could be weeks, if not months, before investigators are confident enough in their findings to officially point the finger.
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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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