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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'A small child wonders off and gets into a corn field. It may take us several hours to locate them by foot and just a matter of minutes to locate them by a drone.'
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Right now, Customs and Border Protection agents are able to search U.S. citizens’ cellphones and other digital devices when those citizens cross back into the country and do not need a warrant.
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The Justice Department this week raised doubts about the consent decree's future.
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Data-driven case management provides jails and correctional facilities with a better ability and more cost-effective solution to mitigate risks, manage from intake to release, and gain valuable oversight necessary to maintain public safety standards and provide rehabilitative opportunities.
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Legislation would require first responders to complete a one-week class to carry guns on school property during emergencies.
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The new integrated systems would allow for better communication between the Sheriff's Office, the 911 office and the fire companies.
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The group started after the announcement in July of a U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation.
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The plan is to outfit the entire department with cameras that combine the in-car and body cameras.
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Representatives from LSU and Baton Rouge Community College shared the latest research on implicit bias, promotion and recruitment, community policing, and mental health.
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McAlester Fire Chief Brett Brewer said he thinks it will be safer if all of the city’s fire investigators are armed.
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State police estimated almost half its roughly $1 billion budget is spent providing coverage to municipalities with no local police.
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The device is useful when deployed to assist fugitive apprehension efforts, to locate at-risk people, to locate missing children, or to provide search and rescue support.
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Information has become critically integral in curtailing terrorism efforts, particularly as so-called home-grown violent extremists have effectively broadened places where attacks might occur.
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Jewish community centers in St. Paul and St. Louis Park, Minn., were evacuated and temporarily shut down after bomb threats earlier this year.
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The North Liberty Fire Department responded to 1,137 calls for help in 2016, an 11 percent increase in a year.
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In the Friday judgment, Judge Elaine Kaplan ruled in favor of the First Responder Network Authority, granting it the ability to move forward with the procurement process.
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The issue affected customers in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee.
