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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Few are disputing the likely value of the technology, still in its infancy. But locally, many police chiefs are waiting for state lawmakers to establish legislation concerning drone use before they invest in the technology.
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Officers reported 181 Taser incidents in 2016, a 46 percent decline from the record high of 347 in 2015, the Baltimore Police Department reported this week.
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This year's annual Terrorism Threat Assessment from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness ranks homegrown violent extremists highest, but also acknowledges violence against law enforcement.
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A former FBI agent says the leadership at the nation’s top law enforcement agency is playing a game of semantics.
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Schools have been working through planning and technology solutions to keep students safe.
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Camden, N.J., making life easier for cops with new data management system.
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The modernization happens at a time when concerns about police safety have intensified.
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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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