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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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Short of a nationwide ban on crude oil shipments, there isn’t much that can be done quickly.
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The system can be used for various strategic surveillance applications including tracking the movement of fugitives, suspects and criminals in airports, railway stations and other public places.
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Researchers are discussing potential game-changers for a power grid that has remained pretty much the same for a century.
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Carmakers are in hot pursuit of fleet sales to law enforcement agencies.
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Panel warns that the U.S. is unprepared and lacks infrastructure to detect attacks.
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The mandate applies to roughly 15,700 claims on properties from North Carolina to Maine.
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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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