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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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
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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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