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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 blueprint made more than 100 recommendations.
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FBI Director James Comey warned that encryption poses a monumental threat to public safety, as it renders court-approved search warrants generally useless.
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To earn the designation, the university had to meet seven criteria involving preparation to respond to severe weather conditions and weather emergencies.
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'We’re already starting to see failures. We are facing a growing, potentially dangerous, crisis.'
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Extremist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant also are using well-produced propaganda to draw outsiders to their cause, according to a top Department of Justice official.
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As the overdoses balloon, Delray Beach police are trying to fight back with another drug: naloxone.
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The study, published in the medical journal Lancet, showed 42 patients developed symptoms of GBS, which causes the immune system to attack parts of the nervous system.
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'He was just spraying. The deputy and police chief go in taking fire and, thank God, shoot and kill the shooter.'
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'We are simulating a wind event where we had people and animals displaced. Some have been involved in contaminated water.'
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The ordinance replaces the city’s now-obsolete civil defense ordinance, which was written in the 1950s or ’60s.
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There are more than 5,000 structurally deficient bridges statewide. Slightly more than one in five bridges fits into the category.
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The court approved the purchase of AlertSense, a public alert system that Emergency Management Director David Sunn said he believes could ultimately be a money saver for the county.
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Tornadoes churned across many states, from Louisiana to Georgia, but the most destructive were in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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City Clerk Tim Spanos lamented the damage done in his office, which saw several 19th century record books soaked.
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Pittsburg County, Okla., Office of Emergency Management Director Kevin Enloe said the measure allows himself, along with Deputy Directors Lois Lupardus and Hillary Steele, to carry weapons as long as they meet the state requirements for concealed or open carry of firearms.
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One sewer line worker, Jack W. Blake, was taken to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Another worker, Edward Schanz Jr., had entered the sewer to rescue Blake but survived the poisonous fumes.
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Virtual interaction tools can help limit the possibility of miscommunications during a crisis.
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Why does communications remain the thorny problem that it is?
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