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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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'If approved, this law would result in those of us on campus feeling less safe, not more safe,' read a resolution by the Faculty Senate at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College.
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New Jersey is perhaps best known for the “Parkway” and former presidential hopeful Gov. Chris Christie. But some might argue that it should be getting attention for its novel fusion center approach to cybersecurity.
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'The National Weather Service is always looking for good informations and good resources.'
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The storage will cost the city about $8 million over five years, with about $585,000 more per year in additional staffing costs.
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Violent crime, which also includes sexual and aggravated assault and robbery, is up about 15 percent in Las Vegas, he said. It was up 5 percent from 2014 to 2015.
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The El Paso Independent School District in Texas has equipped all 43 of its officers with body cameras, which has led to some questioning the privacy of the information collected.
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Last May the state agency was soliciting proposals for a $150,000 unmanned aerial vehicle to help with missions like search and rescue.
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It's a race against the clock to save $400,000 to replace 30-year-old system.
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U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta asked how long localities should plan to be without power in the event of an attack, and discovered it could be up to several weeks.
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Team receives advanced training to manage gunshot wounds.
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In the latest issue of its online magazine, ISIS lists Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, 71, of Fenton, as one of five Muslim-American religious leaders and scholars who should be killed.
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Interim Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson explained that the cameras will help officers fight crime, and will add transparency and accountability to the law enforcement agency.
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The Ventura Police Department Command Center last year answered 213,005 calls, officials there said. Specifically, almost 57,000 of those calls were emergencies.
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Boulder County would allow drones' use above open space in such emergency situations as search-and-rescue missions, floods or wildfires.
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The Providence police announced on Thursday the rollout of a pilot program that puts body-worn cameras on 10 police officers over the next two months.
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The idea is to allow police to go through the online history of the accused looking for any information about the alleged crime. Backers of the law said it could also prevent juveniles from stirring up trouble.
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The prevalence of social media has made it a valuable go-to investigative tool for law enforcement, whether for small-time crimes or more serious cases involving life and death.
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Law enforcement generally seeks to protect its hacking methods as long as possible because the techniques’ usefulness shrinks when the public or manufacturers are aware.
