Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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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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The Corpus Christi Police used an unmanned drone to locate the criminals who were reported as having weapons.
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The U.S. Department of Justice will open a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department after a video showing a patrolman's fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald conflict with police reports from the officers on the scene.
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The school board and district administrative team had a “candid’ discussion about security in the rural district, which doesn’t have a local police department.
