Public Safety
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All Omaha firefighters are certified EMTs but not all are certified paramedics. To make certification easier, a mobile simulation lab, jointly operated by the Omaha Fire Department and Creighton University, is coming to them. -
The deal provides Motorola Solutions with HyperYou’s agentic AI for handling nonemergency calls, as well as real-time language translation. The general idea is that AI can help alleviate call center staffing shortages.
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Louisiana’s most populous city is the latest government to have an AI agent answer 311 calls instead of a human. The shift will happen in coming months; the AI has been trained on three years of 311 calls.
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A man suspected of strangling three women to death in Ventura County in 1977 is headed to court after new DNA technology shed light on the serial slayings that had stumped detectives for decades.
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Blazes this season have set an acreage record with 1.9 million acres burned in Oregon at the end of September. Battling them has also stretched firefighters thin nationwide and, in Oregon, sapped state funding.
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The Montgomery County Attorney's Office has said it supports law enforcement in keeping parts of vehicle chase policies confidential, after a pursuit ended in a head-on collision. The incident occurred in early October.
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Data team members at precip.ai recently compared the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model of the hurricane to information on the actual storm. Staffers discovered it had provided a realistic depiction of the event.
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The Future Fire Academy equips participants with accredited training in numerous aspects of fighting wildfires, and then upon release, formerly incarcerated people also receive help applying for jobs.
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The Brusly Town Council voted unanimously to adopt "digital siren" technology, which is a warning system meant to alert drivers and pedestrians when a police chase is nearby or may move into their area.
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Law enforcement, health officials and others in the city describe a broad set of actions that have helped to extend a remarkable turnaround in violent crime after a historic three-year surge of bloodshed.
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Encrypted dispatch has taken root in the last generation in the law enforcement world — much to the consternation of journalists and community members who call for police accountability.
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A Gun Violence Task Force, which included council members, community members, police and fire, has met for more than a year to determine how to better address gun violence in Fayette County.
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Jersey City on Monday became the latest municipality to join a state program that pairs mental health professionals with police officers responding to 911 calls involving emotionally disturbed persons.
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The police department in Zebulon, N.C., rolled out its Community Advocacy and Resource Enhancement unit last month, the only program of its kind in North Carolina.
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Soon, the department will take an enormous step in implementing a whole slew of new technology with the full launch of its Real-Time Information Center — which officials hope will come by spring of next year.
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The Fresno City Council has approved a 10-year lease-purchase deal to buy a brand-new H125 jet turbine helicopter — the same model used by the California Highway Patrol, among others.
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An increase in violent crime in downtown Dallas has spurred a call from city officials and local businesses to increase police officer presence for the area.
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With 140 mph winds and stronger gusts, the landfall of Hurricane Helene this week marked the most powerful hurricane to hit the region among storms tracked since the 1850s.
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Tropical Storm Helene is anticipated to become a Category 3 hurricane when it hits Florida Thursday. Georgia anticipates flooding and severe winds as it moves through the Peach State.
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Gov. Ron DeSsantis has declared a state of emergency in 61 of Florida's 67 counties as Tropical Storm Helene is anticipated to develop into a major hurricane Thursday.
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The event at Albany State University offered police officers, communications officers, firefighters, paramedics and other emergency personnel a chance to discover what resources are available to deal with job stress.
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