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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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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.
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Joplin, Springfield and Branson have agreed to a set of procedures that will standardize how outdoor storm-warning sirens are activated and tested.
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Roseville, Calif., has invested in time-saving mobile technology that links paramedics in the field with cardiologists.
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Reporters were shown the mall’s underground operations center, along with its corps of bomb-sniffing dogs, its officer-training exercises and security at its hardened loading dock.
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In response to the rise of large-scale attacks in public places, a goal is to place tourniquets in malls, ballparks and universities.
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DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson also called on Congress not to let his department’s funding expire this week.
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Legal experts say federal law hasn't caught up with the technology, and civil liberties advocates argue that drones can lead to pervasive searches violating innocent people's privacy.
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Administration officials have lauded Clancy for helping to implement multiple short-term improvements to prevent breaches.
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The White House has sought to craft a message that will prevent so-called foreign fighters from flocking to the Islamic State, as well as homegrown attacks like those that have hit Europe in recent weeks.
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Speaking at an NYPD-sponsored conference, counterterrorism experts said the country also faces immediate threats from lone-wolf terror attacks.
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A WMD measure is making its way through the New Mexico Senate.
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The White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection highlighted the state of increasing cyberthreats and news of cooperation that spans sectors in the form of an information-sharing order.
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The city’s Emergency Management Agency has overhauled its operations to address the problems it encountered.
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