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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Interest in body worn cameras is growing fast. Here are some issues to consider before you deploy.
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Steininger spent 9/11 running medical supplies across the city, the urgency of the situation ringing in his ears as he listened to the screams coming over his police radio.
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Even those who are charged with ensuring that the agency doesn’t dig too deeply into Mainers’ personal lives know very little about it.
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Report notes that the CDC and the state and local health departments were learning on the fly along with hospital officials how to deal with Ebola, and that the initial protective gear recommended by the CDC was inadequate.
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The Redlands Unified School District in California has six well-trained safety and security officers at each of its three campuses and they all carry radios connected with the local police department.
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There will be security zones within security zones, and there will be metal detectors through which pedestrians will have to pass.
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The county's consolidated regional dispatch system was not meeting its target for how many 911 calls are answered within 10 seconds during the busiest hour of the day, nor goals for how quickly fire-rescue is dispatched once an emergency call is received.
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Next fiscal year, police, fire and courts are projected to take up 63 percent of the city’s $1.15 billion general fund. The projection is a big jump over last year’s 60 percent figure.
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Investing in resilience is a national imperative and increasingly considered a basic business practice.
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Governors announce new action to improve cybersecurity and risk management plans.
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During the July 12 1,000-year storm, rainfall in Jeffersonville was between 5.5 and 6.5 inches in about two hours — literally off the charts.
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Representative prefiles a bill for the 2016 legislative session that would require law enforcement to get a search warrant before using a drone with cameras to collect evidence.
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The city of Hays has nearly completed a levee flood control project and now has set its sight on a new project.
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Downloadable apps have become helpful tools in disaster preparation. Here are a few to consider.
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The three-tiered system begins with local drainage off yards and streets, moves into municipal and county storm drains, and is then deposited into the water management district structures.
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A 180-ton chunk of steel crushed a neighborhood grocery store. Cars were flipped onto their roofs. A wooden plank was hurled with such force it pierced a brick wall.
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As the number of active shootings, bombings and other forms of domestic terrorism rise, is it time for citizens to learn to "run, hide, fight?"
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Committee votes to spend $90,000 to buy up to 150 body-worn cameras and upgrade the police video server.
