Public Safety
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Made by Palo Alto company Pivotal, the single-seat vehicle weighs 348 pounds and can be plugged into a wall to recharge. First responders see its potential for search and rescue, fire patrol and medical emergencies. -
Rates of ER visits for heat-related illness in Dallas-area kids soared between 2012 and 2023. The findings mirror global trends as temperatures, particularly in the summer, increase.
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A new Google and Muon-backed satellite wildfire detection system promises faster alerts and high-resolution fire imagery. But with false alarms already straining fire crews, its real impact may depend on trust.
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State officials, here, say they have no specific plans to handle derailments of trains carrying Bakken crude oil.
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After the triple meltdown in Fukushima in 2011, Japan shut down all 48 of its viable commercial reactors in light of the crisis. But attempts are now being made to bring many back online.
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The multi-agency council said a total of 65,318 families or 289,616 people in Central Luzon, Mimaropa, Calabarzon and Eastern Visayas are still staying in evacuation centers.
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There have been dead spots in the radio connection in several places within the county for several years.
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The tip line is one of four recommendations a school-shootings task force presented to lawmakers as part of a daylong set of sessions on public safety and shootings.
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DHS warned of individuals and homegrown violent extremists who may be encouraged or inspired to target public events or places.
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A day after that decision, which has drawn some criticism because the threat turned out to be a hoax, key players acknowledged that their effort could have been better coordinated.
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Measures will ramp up security at county facilities, seek state and federal funding assistance and extend paid leave for environmental health employees.
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The SUV is one of two St. Louis County police vehicles equipped with computers with software that predicts where crime is most likely to happen based on mathematical algorithms.
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It was six minutes after 3 on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Hours earlier, a masked man and woman, clad in black and armed with military-style rifles, had stormed into a holiday party a few miles away in neighboring San Bernardino. Fourteen people were dead
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Authorities said they planned a search operation of all of the LAUSD’s more than 900 schools. The nation’s second-largest school district has more than 700,000 students.
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The Consumer Electronics Association predicts that 700,000 drones will be sold by year’s end.
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Response to crises will forever be matched against New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's response to 9/11.
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This summer, the 304,800-acre Okanogan Complex Fires burned about 25,000 acres in the 85,000 acres of Department of Fish and Wildlife managed lands in northcentral Washington.
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As early as half an hour after the first shots were fired, police were telling journalists there were one to three shooters involved.
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‘Snovember’ storm buried parts of Buffalo and resulted in 14 deaths.
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The slayings have struck a chord with local government employees, who occasionally face a disgruntled public and co-workers.
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After the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., waves of police departments have been adopting body cameras. Now St. Louis is joining the crowd.
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