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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The media and other staffers were faced with a scenario which involved the release of radioactive materials at the Savannah River National Laboratory, a facility operated by the SRS management and operations contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions.
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Limestone County, Ala.'s new website includes a link to Smart911, which allows users to create an individual safety profile containing safety information about the user.
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The Ventura County, Calif., fire departments received 17 sets of Holmatro extraction tools and other equipment through $562,000 in grants.
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There could be tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of people on the streets. The presence, in one place, of the world’s most powerful leaders and heads of state, including President Barack Obama.
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With the current trend of end-to-end encryption meant to protect user privacy, many police agencies are having a difficult time decoding potentially dangerous threats.
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When speaking at the Group of 20 Summit, President Obama announced that the country would allow France access to possible threat information in an effort to protect against terrorist attacks.
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Gov. Rick Snyder is suspending efforts to bring Syrian refugees to the state in light of the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris.
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NYPD Commissioner William Bratton says the attacks show the rapid growth of the ability of ISIS to attack far beyond its base of operations.
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Monday's early morning raids had police looking for suspects involved in Friday's attacks, which killed at least 129 people and wounded hundreds more.
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A nearly $10-million system would provide better radio coverage in the county's growing northern end with additional towers and bring needed upgrades.
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Community paramedics spend an hour or two with patients, going over medications and how and when to take them.
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No one was hurt on the Mizzou campus, but the man making the alleged threats admitted to police he had a "deep interest" in the Oregon shooter, court records say.
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The new radios are deputies’ connection to backup — reliable operation is a matter of life or death.
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From access to activation, we pass through multiple digital ecosystems with devices that can be used to hack unrelated digital system processes in a millisecond.
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Inmate escape prompts new notification system for the public.
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Budget request for next year asks to roughly double the size of its dam safety staff as part of an overall program increase of $595,000.
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A Canadian Pacific train carrying crude oil left the tracks Sunday in Watertown, Wis., spilling hundreds of gallons and prompting an evacuation in the southern Wisconsin city.
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One private EMS company estimated the county could save up to $800,000 annually by privatizing the county service.
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