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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Homicides jumped 26 percent between 2015 to 2016, from 136 in 2015 to 172 last year. Five of those homicides were officers killed during the July 7 ambush in downtown.
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A year ago, the county went through testing regarding its terrorism readiness, and one of the areas in which the county failed was not having a modernized, written plan.
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The new station will give the department more effective ways to fight crime, protect the public and prosecute criminals.
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Suspect, 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, was taken into custody.
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All is done with a video projected onto a large, two-dimensional screen.
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Students and workers at the lab were testing a more toxic version of ricin than they had thought.
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About $110 million has been spent on Shelter at Home construction alone. The total costs, including operational and government expenses, will be more.
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Sheriff hike vital to a five-year 'business plan' he proposed that would allow his agency to expand crime-fighting activities, and to become more proactive in battling a drug epidemic.
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Bossert will work independently of and alongside the incoming national security adviser, retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
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The scam involves death threats via text messages that could leave a device susceptible to a data hack.
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The department's facial recognition protocol requires probable cause for an arrest in a specific case for a detective or officer to request an analysis.
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'The fact that we don't count the number of people who are shot is just astonishing because that's a better barometer of that kind of violence than just homicides.'
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California police say the software helps fight crime and save lives, despite privacy concerns.
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The suspect was fatally shot after firing at police who had stopped his car for a routine identity check.
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As sophisticated cybersecurity threats grow in frequency, institutions large and small are devoting more time and money than ever to protecting their own and their customers' information from online attacks.
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In the post-Snowden era, the general awareness of security and intelligence agency monitoring has increased dramatically.
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After just two weeks on the job, Art Acevedo, Houston's new police chief, is calling for two major changes in department policy to improve transparency.
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For decades, deterrence has effectively countered the threat of nuclear weapons. Can we achieve similar results against cyber weapons?
