Public Safety
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The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested the man after he reportedly stole a vehicle from a business in east Fort Collins, set it on fire and damaged nearby agricultural land. -
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will evaluate a $13 million rental agreement for the Sheriff’s Office to obtain new radios and accompanying equipment. The previous lease dates to 2015 and expired last year.
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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.
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The steady occurrence of temblors was thrown back to the forefront in the Midlands on Wednesday, when a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was detected at about 3 p.m. three miles east of Elgin, and was felt across the area.
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Rounding out the new technologies, the sheriff plans to roll out a fleet of mobile trauma kits, backpack-sized first aid devices designed to guide first responders through providing emergency aid.
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On Wednesday, Albany, Ga., Fire Department and emergency dispatch officials spoke on the subject of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the month of awareness for that condition winds down and discussed how they help.
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The nearly $1 million center opened last year in the Fire Department’s former fire alarm headquarters building. The center’s goals were to enhance communication between Police and Fire and speed up call response.
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Dr. Faisal Khan, who had two stints leading the health department in suburban St. Louis, Mo.'s largest county, gained national attention last year after he clashed with protesters upset about a mask mandate.
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The reported card, issued by the Vaccine Equity Now! Coalition, gives the administration an “F” on accountability, or creating goals that were specific, measurable, achievable, ambitious, relevant, timebound and equitable.
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"This is a national event for amateur radio in North America and the United States, in particular. We're going to have operators from all across the country, and even around the world, that want to participate."
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"They made buses available to me if I needed them. The bottom line is the folks in my facility, regardless of what they're accused of doing or not doing, they are in my care."
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According to data provided by Santa Fe County, that number has since risen to 67 percent and includes key positions — including 10 out of the center's 11 Level 3 emergency communications specialists.
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The real threat to fire management is death by a thousand cuts, each breakdown leading to shutdowns, each partisan group extracting a concession, that together so encumber the practice that it can’t be implemented.
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They've been celebrated as heroes. This week, that temporary workforce of about 60 staff with the Sonoma County, Calif., Department of Health Services will be reduced by a third.
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In a 6-3 ruling Thursday, the Supreme Court overturned a century-old law in New York state, citing it as a violation of the Second Amendment. The outcome could influence gun laws currently on the books in other states.
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The state Departments of Environmental Quality, Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Public Health and Human Services caution residents against potentially contaminated floodwaters in the Yellowstone River basin.
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For now, this is a trial run. Guilford County Schools is borrowing these Evolv Express touchless body scanners before deciding whether to lease them for its traditional high schools across the district.
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The Bryx platform is a fully integrated cloud-based platform designed to aid in emergency response by providing first responders with real-time information and direct messaging tools.
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FEMA has provided more than $1 billion in public assistance grants to Massachusetts to reimburse pandemic-related expenses. Nearly $6.6 million will go to UMass Amherst.
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With massive crowds lining Market Street, it was challenging for emergency services to respond to these calls, Mary Ellen Carroll, the lead for the city's Department of Emergency Management, wrote on Twitter.
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The possibility of a school shooting in Yakima is grim, but it is one that's been on the minds of many parents and educators after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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