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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Noting that the national average assessed to cell users is about $1, lawmakers discussed the possibility of a future increase, but some felt uneasy asking taxpayers to contribute more.
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Many attendees complained that the police and security was belligerent and disorganized.
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In the wake of a spate of controversial police violence incidents, departments across the country are examining officers' tactics before deadly encounters.
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Officers use technology to provide a safe environment for the educational process.
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Would provide residents with further discounts on flood insurance, and also increase federal assistance if there were a disaster.
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Fire suppression is cannibalizing the Forest Service budget, leaving fewer resources for research, restoration and range-land management.
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In addition to cleaning storm drains, the city bought more than 10,000 sandbags to help residents protect their homes and is contacting mooring holders in the harbor to ask them to check hardware and anchors to make sure boats are secure during storms.
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The initiative was prompted by a fire at a Chevron refinery in August 2012 that caused a huge cloud of smoke to cover much of the San Francisco Bay Area, causing air quality problems.
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Several businesses and public entities have banded together to share camera feeds and sensor data in an effort to identify security threats early.
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The idea centers on creating a new public safety campus that combines police and fire headquarters, as well as a space that could be a command post during bad weather or other emergencies.
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The website will strengthen the Greensboro, N.C., Police Department's partnership with communities by keeping them updated about neighborhood crimes.
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125 firefighters from 19 departments used 35 pieces of apparatus, which were pumping 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of water a minute to put out the blaze at a vacant mill building.
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Structural changes also alleviated some of the problems three years later during Hurricane Ike and should help the university the next time a major storm strikes Southeast Texas.
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Training officer Joel Landis with the Somerset County, Pa., Hazmat Team helped land federal funding to organize a project for responders to prepare for railroad emergencies.
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In response to several high-profile Amtrak accidents, the federal government is imposing a hard deadline for train services to upgrade their safety features.
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Office buildings will go empty in the days ahead because employees will be blocked from driving into the city's core. Courts and schools will be closed. Hospitals have canceled elective operations.
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After mounting public pressure for law enforcement to be equipped with body cameras, Baltimore County will roll out equipment starting summer of 2016.
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Firefighter Classic offers multiple courses over its three days.
