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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The hackers also invoked the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, urging people to keep themselves “distant from the places at that time.”
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The department is seeking an assist from the tech-savvy world of coders, software developers and hackers as it struggles with a policing conundrum for the digital age.
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A mobile communications company is outfitting the bus for continued use by New York City's Office of Emergency Management.
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All U.S. plants are adding emergency pumps, generators, battery banks, chargers, compressors and hoses off site at various locations near the plants to guard against floods and earthquakes.
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The head of the FBI said cybercrime is "exploding" apace as the influence of the Internet rises meteorically.
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A former garage turned high-tech information center will help agencies quickly notify and direct the public about emergencies at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, natural disasters or hostile acts.
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The reforms address concerns that contractors conspired to underpay flood insurance settlements to homeowners after Superstorm Sandy.
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The Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response called for new education efforts to help health-care providers be better prepared to identify new diseases.
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A proposed plan in San Francisco is similar to a successful law in Israel that added entire floors to apartment buildings while making a dent in the country’s huge seismic-retrofit backlog.
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Typhoon Hagupit is expected to make landfall Saturday.
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The communities are being honored for considering their climate vulnerabilities and taking action to build resilience.
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The exercise at Virginia’s Old Dominion University was part of a pilot project figure out how different levels of government, the public, the private sector and academia can work together to fight the effects of sea level rise and climate change.
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Hampton Roads, Va., has one of the highest rates of sea-level rise in the country.
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This year, only eight storms reached at least tropical storm strength and earned names. That’s the lowest total since 1997.
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Finding a candidate with deep Pentagon experience who can help set a coherent strategy and defend it to the public and Congress won't be easy.
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As citizens nationwide protest following the no-indict ruling in the Ferguson, Mo., shooting, police in Washington state wonder if their public records laws will prevent the adoption of body camera technology that could keep such a confusing scenario from happening again.
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Until 25 years ago, the U.S. military issued random code names for exercises, landing beaches, headquarters, attack plans and other operations.
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Discussions about the $18.7 million New York Advanced Weather Detective System come on the heels of officials saying National Weather Service information came too late for them to adequately prepare.
