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 scene was a drill — a test of the county’s resources and response, but in an emergency scenario with unknown chemicals involved, the value of drone technology becomes apparent.
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The practice scenario involved a widespread release of anthrax through the air, though the department did not specify a pretend source for the release.
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A spokeswoman for Google confirmed that the SUV was not a Google-owned vehicle and said the company is looking into the matter.
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In January, the TSA assigned him to flights to the Middle East, 'despite knowing that al-Qaida was searching the internet for images of air marshals in order to murder them.'
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A chaplain network in Aberdeen, S.D., offers support to the community in time of crisis.
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The bill will make it easier for officials from different emergency response agencies to communicate and manage emergencies together.
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Three Ohio counties have agreed to the unmanned aerial vehicle purchase in order to conduct searches and survey crime scenes.
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More powerful ammunition meant to protect nuclear reactors was capable of piercing control panels and critical piping.
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If there is one potentially positive side effect of the situation, it could be that all the media attention shines a light on the larger water infrastructure problems the U.S. faces.
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App will quickly lock school's main entrance.
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The death rate of black children in house fires across the United States is more than double that of white children.
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The officers would generally have the same powers as municipal police and must be certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council.
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From securing the area near the town house where the San Bernardino shooters lived on Dec. 2 to assisting with the Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival each year, members of the all-volunteer organization can be called upon to help.
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Two recent events — the mid-April Donald Trump rallies and Sunday’s Pittsburgh Marathon — created concerns about the public safety department’s preparedness.
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Too many questions linger about implementing the program.
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'We really need to let the public know this is not something we should be sticking our heads in the sand over.'
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The CIA used a series of tweets on Sunday, using the hashtag #UBLRaid, saying: "To mark the 5th anniversary of the Usama Bin Ladin operation in Abbottabad we will tweet the raid as if it were happening today."
