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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 division spent $8.6 million on overtime last year, $2.5 million more than the average of the previous three years.
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'People think that we’re going to save their house. We’re there to protect the firefighter and the public, that’s our first priority.'
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Arcan Cetin was arrested Saturday near his apartment and more than 24 hours after police say he walked into a Macy’s department store with a rifle and shot five people, killing three women and a teenage girl.
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The incident was initially reported at about 6:30 a.m. The shooter allegedly fired several shots into a strip center.
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Cyberthreats to critical infrastructure for power, water and wastewater utilities were the focus of a three-day Cyber Physical Systems Summit.
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Since the program was revealed a month ago, many questions have been asked, but few have been answered.
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But the job of the tactical EMS is not to kick the door in or even lead the intervention, but to be behind the police officers and give medical attention to an officer who may be down, or even the shooter.
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The Pueblo department has provided videos when sought by the news media under the Colorado Criminal Records Justice Act. The only caveat is the police have waited until the district attorney’s office has closed an investigation.
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Federal grant from the Department of Justice's Anti-Heroin Task Force Program announced.
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Cyberthreats to critical infrastructure for power, water and wastewater utilities were center stage Thursday, Sept. 22, as the three-day Cyber Physical Systems Summit concluded.
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With cooperation from major mobile phone service companies, the ministry will send emergency warning text messages en masse to smartphones and other types of mobile phones belonging to residents and visitors in the cities.
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NYC didn't say how much had been spent so far rebuilding, repairing and elevating Staten Island homes through the Build it Back recovery program since Sandy struck nearly four years ago.
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The solutions start with data sharing, said Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources William Hazel at the IT Solutions Management conference.
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'It’s not new that our system is vulnerable, but it is shocking we have not acted more forcefully to protect it.'
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With officials refusing to release any video of the Tuesday shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, anger built as two starkly different versions emerged.
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Why weren't images used, and was this the first use of the cell alerting system for a manhunt are among the questions asked about use of Wireless Emergency Alerts for the manhunt for the suspect in the New York/New Jersey bombings.
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Response times for emergency medical services and the county’s protocol for 'no crew' units will change in the newest EMS System Response Plan
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