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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In a briefing beforehand, police were told that terrorists, known as the "Universal Adversary Group" had just attacked Paris in a scenario virtually identical to the Nov. 13 attacks.
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Dispatchers with the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency received more than 384,000 calls in 2014 in Clark County, averaging more than 1,000 per day.
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The heaviest snow fell across the mountain states and the Central Plains
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According to the Insurance Information Institute, standard homeowners insurance covers the structure of the home and personal belongings.
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The six-month 2015 hurricane season that ends Monday saw three hurricanes, two of which blew into major storms.
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The mayor-elect has asked the current administration to delay plans to combine the city's 911 emergency dispatch systems and the 311 nonemergency call center under one roof in South Philadelphia.
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Stories of FEMA disaster aid falling short of the need aren’t rare in South Carolina, nearly two months after the flooding and just days before the Dec. 4 deadline to apply for aid.
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The department argued that the tech falls under exemption for specialized policing techniques that are generally not known to the public.
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'In real life we only get a few minutes to make these kinds of decisions.'
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The police were one of multiple agencies from Stark County and beyond that converged Tuesday to take part in a tabletop response exercise to a possible train derailment in Dickinson at the Public Safety Center.
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Security specialists say the ability to prevent and react well depends on a communication system and local counterterrorism efforts that are still underdeveloped.
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City officials acknowledge the way they paved the roads is partly to blame.
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While the couple was shocked by the attacks, it wasn't as traumatic an experience for them because they'd experienced something similar before.
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Following a coordinated attack in Paris on Nov. 13, some are asking whether law enforcement should have access to encrypted social network platforms, like Telegram, allegedly used for terrorist planning purposes.
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The improving ambulance response times are a welcome signal that much-needed reforms by the Fire Department are having an impact.
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Some of the thousands of South Carolina residents displaced by flooding are struggling to find an everyday place to stay.
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A handheld tool that offers analysis capabilities for chemical agents, toxic industrial chemicals, precursors and more.
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ISIS uses the internet, especially social media, to propagandize and recruit. Members of hacker group Anonymous have turned their sights on these accounts.
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