Public Safety
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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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Legislation mulled that would limit law enforcement’s ability to use cell phone data for tracking purposes.
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Author and former emergency manager, Betty Lochner, enlightens on improving communication skills.
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Emergency responders and citizens need to establish and accept rules for proper social media use during emergencies.
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Washington Fire Chiefs association uses SharePoint to simplify collaboration on legislative and policy actions less expensively.
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Obama proposes $10.7 billion for next-generation wireless network for first responders.
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The localized face of terrorism has forced law enforcement to the ‘home game.’
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Color-coded alerts will be replaced by system that gives information specific to the threat and location.
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Greater bandwidth gives Marietta, Ga., police officers and firefighters increased access to information and more time in the field.
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Government officials discuss the challenges of keeping social media accounts refreshed and their ongoing strategies for maintaining them.
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Proposed ordinance would expand the number of employees subject to background checks.
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The IJIS Institute Winter Industry Briefing combines the public and private sectors to stress information sharing and increase the country’s security.
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In small and large cities alike, firefighters have gone from heroes to budget bait.
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A Coplink search found that Orange County, Calif., and Boston police share thousands of records, leading to an information sharing agreement.
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Billions have been spent on interoperability since 9/11 and progress has been made, but it seems many view interoperability as something still to be attained.
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2011 exercise will focus on a catastrophic earthquake, and the eight participating states are already working with partners to determine their roles and responsibilities.
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The dichotomy for hospital security personnel is to design a system that’s unpredictable in its random crime prevention activities, yet predictable in basic building security duties.
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Envision what would happen if authorities discovered that these burrowing animals were trained terrorist operatives attacking critical infrastructure.
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Website provides links to flood assistance information from a variety of sources.
