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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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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.
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The mission for ESF 7 – resource support – is to 'acquire personnel, equipment and other resources to support response and recovery efforts during a disaster.'
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'You can't prepare for a specific incident, because we don't know what it's going to be, but what you can do is develop the ability to adapt and respond.'
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Law enforcement administrators would be well-advised to consider a number of factors before deploying such new technologies as body cameras, drones and data analytics.
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The families of volunteer firefighters and emergency responders understand when their loved ones have to leave.
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The toxic spill exercise coincided with the deadly attack in San Bernardino, Calif., by chance but helped the focus.
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Some inside the building where 14 were killed first thought it was a drill.
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The Kansas county's officials are talking about building storm shelters in Stippville and eight other rural areas of the county. The preliminary price tag is $182,500
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Forecasters see a potentially record-setting El Niño on the horizon, and the impact could be disastrous.
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Leadership and major reform are needed, he says.
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The free app — Temblor — is designed to help people who are unaware of the precise seismic environment where they live.
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