Public Safety
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While the city has used drones before, Chief Roderick Porter said the two new aerial vehicles the department is getting under a contract with security tech company Flock Safety are more advanced. -
The proposed legislation would require public agencies to delete any footage their license-plate-reader cameras, such as those sold by Flock Safety, collect within 72 hours.
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1.
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Despite numerous emergencies making the headlines last year and major events impacting U.S. communities, it was a relatively quiet year in terms of federally declared disasters.
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One of the greatest threats to the economy today is a "cyber 9/11" attack that causes widespread panic in financial markets.
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Emergency management officials say a computer-entry error led to the warning on TV broadcasts instead of the standard weekly test broadcast.
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More than 200 applied for the position, but an Amazon executive will fill the role as the Seattle Police Department's new head of technology.
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The plan is the latest effort to address allegations that damage reports were falsified after Hurricane Sandy.
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As the core of the force, the Falcon Brigade in Fort Bragg, N.C., is constantly preparing for the unknown.
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Across the nation, school threats are up 158 percent from last year, according to a new survey.
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The agency also said any company caught cheating homeowners would be barred from processing claims for the National Flood Insurance Program.
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The country will join others, like the U.S., that have in place laws to combat the threat of terrorism.
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Congress ended the crisis over funding for the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday.
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The bills would add state police to the border, use retired state troopers to assist police work and toughen penalties for smugglers, among other things.
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The Republican-led House and Senate narrowly avoided a crisis late last week by compromising with Democrats to temporarily fund the DHS.
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Officials at public colleges say the plan, which is rapidly moving through the Legislature, could cost them nearly $50 million in coming years.
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The news had security analysts examining potential vulnerabilities in the relatively anonymous purveyors of bedazzled cellphone accessories, cheap jewelry and names emblazoned on grains of rice.
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A dramatic decline in the number of volunteer firefighters, particularly young ones, threatens the ability of small departments to provide an essential public service.
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The federal government is looking for ways to improve the security of the nation's computers.
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The city, which has the largest deployment of police body cameras in the world, will use a data storage system that meets the FBI's standards for security.
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The current deployment, which began last June in response to a spike of unaccompanied children crossing the border that quickly subsided, has now stretched to eight months.
