Public Safety
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City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911. -
Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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When the Eaton Fire broke out in the foothills near Altadena, the Los Angeles County Fire Department did not have access to a satellite-based fire-tracking program regularly used by other agencies.
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The program is a way to empower citizens to report any suspicious activity regardless of the severity.
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For federal agencies charged with thwarting terrorism, the Orlando case underlines the difficulty they face in tracking lone wolves.
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'But we don't know yet how he got in there. Did he shoot the person at the front door? The bouncer? It's still up in the air.'
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Substantial questions remain about how many of the injured were stranded without treatment in the lengthy standoff, and whether the shooter knew any of his victims.
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Three hours after the first gunshot -- the order was given for SWAT crews to use a battering ram to get inside.
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The shooter was born in New York and had been living in the Fort Pierce, Fla., area and worked as a private security guard.
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'Everyone get out of pulse and keep running.'
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The 'lone wolf' gunman was armed with an assault rifle, a handgun and an unspecified 'device.'
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'We want to give employees here more tools in their tool bags if something like this happened.'
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The city's police department will utilize a new crowd management team for tonight’s game.
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Officials said the new approach will involve “collaboration efforts” of the city’s bureaus of Fire, Police and Emergency Medical Services.
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States around the country are trying to assert more oversight of oil trains following high-profile derailments.
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More than half of the cases still under investigation by the city's police oversight agency included dashcam videos, surveillance footage and audio.
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Some students feeling unsafe about classrooms after dramatic scene.
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A new study has found that when police-worn body cameras are in play, citizen assaults on cops went up.
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The San Francisco Police Union unanimously approved a proposal for body worn cameras that requires officers to make an initial statement of facts before screening body-camera footage.
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Over the past 16 years in Ventura County, Calif., 895 people were killed with a gun. That's an average of 56 people a year.
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LAPD Chief Charlie Beck confirmed that the shooter was one of the two men killed inside a small office in the campus’ engineering complex.
