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 Bay County Hazardous Materials Team can use the e-mist SMS to respond to meningitis and Ebola outbreaks.
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The federal grant, administered through the state, will pay for the entire system and equipment. It was one of the priorities when construction on the emergency operations center building was completed nearly a year ago.
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Thus far, FEMA has disbursed nearly $48 million in disaster aid and about $42 million in housing assistance statewide to those who were forced out of their homes.
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Research shows that police departments have much higher 'clearance rates' for their cases when the public helps with investigations.
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Some counties couldn't connect directly with an 800 megahertz frequency deployed years ago.
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Radiation detectors have been deployed around every oil well site the company has serviced in the past several weeks, with no results.
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When the businesses began calling the Maryland Emergency Management Agency for information, the agency answered with its virtual business operations center, part of the Private Sector Integration Program.
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'We used to use Reverse 911 service funded by the ETSB, we no longer use that and had to develop a plan to still get the information to the residents.'
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A statement from Unicef and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said the country’s preparedness strategy 'paid off.'
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LEEDIR aids police by collecting and storing public photo and video evidence.
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Due to increased near misses, the Federal Aviation Administration will require all Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to be registered to increase accountability and hopefully force the operators to fly with more caution.
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Gov. Nikki Haley will sign an executive order forgiving the time that state employees were out of work due to the flood.
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The hope is that citizens and businesses will register their private security cameras with the police department to increase the availability of video footage for investigations.
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Training addresses mental health, a national topic after recent mass shootings.
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Similar incidents have occurred in Missouri with enough regularity that campus officials developed plans protect students and staff.
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Scientists who study climate change say there is not enough evidence to show the link to more unprecedented fires.
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For many in South Carolina, Hurricane Floyd served as a lesson, one that left them better prepared for this month’s flood.
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A host of problems are causing the delays, including public misunderstandings about when to call 911.
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