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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For years, most requests for mental health information have been caught in a legal stalemate between law enforcement needs and health facilities’ concerns about patients’ privacy.
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Audits of three entities have been ongoing since last year and were included in an end-of-year roundup of investigations and other projects undertaken by the inspector general’s office.
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People hit the empty streets to see the snow and were joined by emergency responders, snowplows, National Guard Humvees and others for whom the snow did not mean a day off from work.
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Storm unleashed hurricane-force winds and paralyzed life for residents of at least 20 states from Georgia to Massachusetts.
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The storm is expected to end Saturday morning after dumping more than a foot of snow in many places.
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Washington’s winter weather’s incompetence stretches from local governments who never bothered to salt the roads Wednesday night to locals who had raided local groceries of every last leaf of lettuce.
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The National Weather Service has already issued a blizzard watch for Washington, D.C., New York City, and parts of Long Island and New Jersey.
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The software, hardware and communications networks, more and more of them based on mobile systems, can equip officers with enforcement and investigative tools for use in the field.
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A “safe room” — a bulletproof, ultra-secure confine that can cost more than $500,000 to build — is starting to become a part of the suite of amenities.
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Although no figures have been released, state officials have disclosed that it will be an expensive overhaul.
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State and industry officials say the threat of a flu outbreak will never go away.
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More than 500 reports of clogged drains, mudslides and flooded streets poured in from all over the city. In at least one case, an old storm pipe burst and flooded more than half a dozen homes.
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The National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance keeps a low profile but has been hailed by President Obama and national leaders for bringing together public agencies and private companies to fight online crime.
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The First Responder Network Authority is looking for a vendor for its nationwide public safety network.
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After an attack by the terrorist organization, the family of one of the victims is pursuing legal action against the social media site it claims made the attack possible due to Twitter's 'willful blindness.'
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Decoy program revealed after BART failed to capture video footage of a killing last weekend on a train, even though the attacker opened fire just feet from what appeared to be cameras.
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A cybersecurity software company has predicted that the terrorist group will target American businesses, utilities and presidential campaigns.
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Several honored for their quick thinking, courage and selflessness during the Nov. 27 attack, which left three people dead and nine others wounded.
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