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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The announcement was made Thursday while Brown was on a golf trip with his wife in Austin, surprising many city leaders and his own staff.
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Along with stickers to show his police and firefighter status, he was given “Livesaving Award” certificates from both departments, plus goodie bags with a stuffed animal, water bottle and a plastic firefighters hat.
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A settlement could have meant increased theater safety but it fell through at the last hour.
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A revised assessment comes after surprisingly swift and relatively bloodless victories this summer near Syria’s border with Turkey and in the Sunni heartland of Iraq.
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A police spokesman said he took issue with characterization of the program as "secret surveillance," suggesting there was no need for the department to make it public.
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Pennsylvania officials urge integration of counterterrorism task force operations into emergency management law.
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The Islamic State has used social media to effectively spread propaganda and connect with like-minded individuals, and researchers are still looking at what can be done to head off the radical threat.
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First responders and employees of the parks and recreation and highway departments will be equipped with new radios, transmitting on a more robust system including six new transmission sites.
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"The 'lone wolf' doesn't need ISIS," Homeland Security Director Marcus Brown said at a terrorism awareness and response symposium.
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In the face of tragic incidents and smaller everyday risks, local schools are trying everything in their arsenals this year — sometimes literally — to improve safety on their campuses.
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In a study aimed at the state legislation across the country, the Sunlight Foundation found that the overarching theme of legislation could largely be described by looking at four main points.
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The growing popularity of biometric technology has the attention of those looking for another layer of security, but as with anything else, there are implications to consider.
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A group of federal regulators held a meeting in Menlo Park, Calif., asking for help in monitoring the country's southern border with drones.
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Oftentimes an officer doesn't know a camera is malfunctioning until he or she attempts to download video clips at the end of the shift, and when body cameras are first implemented, it's common for officers to forget to turn them on.
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Emergency manager, Kristen Nelsen, brought to the Ramsey County Commission’s attention that there are a number of other employees who would benefit from strengthened security measures.
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William J. Bratton, the city's 42nd police commissioner, said Tuesday he would step down from the department in mid-September to go into private industry, capping a 45-year career in policing which has been innovative and controversial at a time of constant challenges to law enforcement around the country.
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An annual event, National Night Out has evolved since its humble beginnings in the mid-1980s.
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A recently released scorecard shows that many local jurisdictions are behind in their policies around police body-worn cameras, according to civil rights and policy experts.
