Public Safety
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While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced. -
The proposed legislation would require public agencies to delete any footage their license-plate-reader cameras, such as those sold by Flock Safety, collect within 72 hours.
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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.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards spent Wednesday in Washington, D.C., lobbying for what he says is a more than $2 billion immediate need back home to help jump start the recovery process in flood-wracked communities.
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Shelter at Home was unveiled last month as a key component of the state's plan for addressing the needs of thousands of people left displaced by the August floods, while also easing the burden on an already squeezed housing market.
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These estimates can be wildly off -- yet, a large number is to be expected.
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In the post-earthquake time frame, transportation is king!
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In December 2015, two terrorists attacked a training session and holiday party for San Bernardino County employees, killing 14 and wounding 24,including two police officers. Further losses were averted by the response of the police department, sheriff’s office, emergency services, and FBI, who came together to prevent additional deaths and injuries
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Most students walking about outside went on with their day, wondering aloud at what the noise was all about.
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FEMA, the federal agency in charge of the National Flood Insurance Program, agreed to change the floodplain in the area based on more accurate and up-to-date data.
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What keeps us from having seamless information sharing and logistical systems?
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The week-long Perry Nuclear Power Plant Evaluated Exercise, which is overseen by FEMA, centered on a 'mock event.'
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Using a state grant, many Franklin County schools now require a government-issued photo ID at the door. The ID is scanned into a device that checks the person against a national sex-offenders’ database.
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After a tumultuous start, Boston officers will begin wearing body cameras for six months to figure out the logistics of implementing a permanent plan.
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Firefighters, stunned by their chief taking ill, immediately realized what was happening and used a defibrillator on him and performed CPR to restore a normal heart rhythm.
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Firefighters and deputies quick to the scene soon knew the fire was on a potentially deadly collision course with thousands of residents.
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After all the winning bids were compiled, the total project cost came in at $3,134,534.
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There were no smartphones or social media sites like Facebook and Twitter before 9/11.
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The research also reveals that other disorders, such as heart stiffening, are occurring at younger ages among first responders, recovery workers and some residents of lower Manhattan who are part of the WTC monitoring program.
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Last year, the agencies began deploying vehicles carrying one officer from each organization. Ten so-called Cortina units — Cortina is Spanish for curtain — now work the border each shift to intercept people and drugs entering the U.S. illegally.
