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State police announced on Wednesday the total number of tickets issued for the holiday enforcement period which began Nov. 26 and ran through Sunday, Nov. 30. -
Police officials say they are hoping to integrate drones and data analysis with pre-existing cameras, gunshot detectors and license plate readers that are already in use through Flock Safety.
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The Olympia Police Department has contacted the vendor and requested their deactivation, which is imminent. The move follows community concerns around issues including privacy and immigration enforcement.
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In a significant upgrade of care for patients who have suffered blood loss, paramedics can now provide whole blood rather than saline. Only about 1 percent of the country's EMS agencies carry whole blood.
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The program, a partnership among law enforcement in Grant County and Moses Lake, Wash., as well as the county's behavioral health organization, sends mental health professionals with police to respond to people in crisis.
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As technology has increasingly affected nearly every part of daily life, the Scranton Police Department has kept up, using tools to facilitate training, improve public safety and hasten communication.
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This was the second year of the DARPA Triage Challenge grant program, which saw teams test their AI-driven bots in disaster scenarios to help assess which victims need assistance and communicate that to first responders.
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Metro Atlanta’s biggest 911 dispatch centers are spending millions to switch their networks from copper wire to digital, enabling new features such as video feeds and precise location capabilities.
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In light of a shortage of firefighters throughout Connecticut, Northeast Fire-Rescue provides emergency medical services to communities that are having difficulties responding to 911 emergencies due to low volunteer membership.
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Mooresville, N.C., spent roughly $300,000 on drones for its police department earlier this year, purchasing two First Responder DFR drone systems from the Texas-based company, Flock Safety.
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The state will partner with SkyfireAI and CAL Analytics on a two-year pilot program to develop policies and training around the use of drones by first responders, and to assess how they can improve situational awareness.
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As artificial intelligence is increasingly used to answer 911 calls nationwide, which officials report is improving operations, people say they want more disclosure about when the AI is used.
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Federal agencies that deal with wildfires, weather and disaster response — including the National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency — expect to see some impacts.
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The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office will be home to the first autonomous police vehicle in the country thanks to a cruiser named PUG, or police unmanned ground.
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The free tool from the Connecticut Insurance Department lets property owners assess their risk to winds, flood and other perils that could prompt expensive repairs or insurance rate hikes.
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The Southwest Safety Center will serve one of the city's fastest growing areas and will house three branches of Albuquerque responders: Community Safety, the Police Department and Fire Rescue.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the funding will go to Public Safety Answering Points in 57 of New York's counties to support call-handling equipment needed to implement upgraded 911 services.
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The state-funded Vulnerability Assessment showed that increased flooding caused by climate change poses a significant threat to over 90 percent of Manatee County’s infrastructure.
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Starting next week, the city police department will dispatch drones on some service calls to see if response times and situational understanding improve. Their use will depend on call type, priority and distance.
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In addition to findings that volunteer firefighter ranks have shrunk by nearly 63 percent since 2016, the report from state Comptroller Sean Scanlon points to recruitment and retention challenges for career firefighters as well.
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The white, bullet-shaped, sub-5-foot, 420-pound robot is like a neighborhood beat cop as it glides its way through the Crossroads district on four wheels, gathering data from its cameras and greeting passersby.
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