Public Safety
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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that more drones will be providing aerial surveillance this summer at New York's Long Island State Beaches, patrolling for unsafe water conditions and dangerous marine life like sharks. -
By adding drones, an online listing reads, the police department would “enhance public safety, improve response times, and optimize situational awareness during critical incidents.”
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Paid for through grant funding, the new suite of tools included in the free app is designed to make it easier for residents to connect with law enforcement, including a tip line and community outreach programs.
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New Orleans’ Eric Pickering has seen the cost of disasters and has warnings for the future.
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Gov. John Kasich created an advisory board to develop standards for law-enforcement agencies statewide as a step toward "bridging the gap" between officers and those they serve.
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NASCIO members will lobby federal officials on state IT concerns this week.
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The First Responder Network Authority seeks comment on its upcoming RFP and enabling legislation.
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Officials said the death toll was likely to increase dramatically, perhaps to as many as 10,000, as emergency response crews reach more remote areas of the country of 28 million.
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Key pillars of the strategy include defending DOD networks from malicious actors, protecting the United States from destructive cyberattacks and going on the offense when necessary.
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Planning, training and exercising are supposed to be continuous in the emergency management field. The question is, when are you done?
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These are the stories of the unique responses made by emergency managers during times of crisis.
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Mobile technology can help officials securely distribute customized emergency plans to improve awareness, readiness and response times.
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Project management can help in all phases of emergency management and should be a prime contender for our attention.
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An unofficial estimate of network deployments is sometime in 2018.
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Around the nation, volunteers at a range of levels are having their histories poked and prodded before they’re allowed to join the CERT.
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This year there's a 19 percent probability for one or more storms hitting the state, according to Stony Brook University professors.
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The strategic placement of the satellite office highlights the department's growing presence in detecting and preventing cybercrime.
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This week the House will deal with the Protecting Cyber Networks Act and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015.
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Hundreds gathered to remember the 168 people who died as a result of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
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What’s gone wrong with the weather? That’s the question a group of Stanford University scientists are trying to answer.
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While Wisconsin and Florida are the first states to outright ban employees from working on climate change, at least publicly, Republican legislators have long tampered with how governments address global warming.
