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 previous owner, NextEra Energy Resources , donated the sirens within the Emergency Planning Zone, and the county agency took ownership at the beginning of this year.
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The risk of the fire causing a disastrous explosion prompted firefighters to pull back a few hours after they arrived at the scene, evacuating thousands of people who lived and worked within a one-mile radius.
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“Michael was a great challenge for our community that again showed the resilience of this community,” Cedric Scott said. “With hurricanes, you get notifications that let you know they are going to occur, which gives you time to prepare.”
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Outraged community members who attended the meeting and protested beforehand said the board’s decision to bring even one cop on campus after it voted last June to phase them out was a betrayal.
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The earthquake, or aftershock, that was recorded at a depth of 3.6 kilometers, or about 2.2 miles, was the 14th in the Palmetto State since the start of the new year.
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“For weeks, we have been closely examining the needs within Idaho’s health care system with an eye toward ending the public health emergency declaration as soon as possible.”
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Due to the nature of the flood water current, neither the son nor the father was able to get to safety on their own. Thus, the dive team needed to use their inflatable rescue device to help get them both out.
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“Many owners of smaller, rural dams cannot afford to pay for even urgently needed repairs, and federal and state grant assistance may be the only option to repair these dams to save lives.”
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The webinar is scheduled from 9:30-10 a.m. Thursday for business leaders throughout the state to learn about the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and public health emergency leave, according to release from all three agencies.
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Local public health officials verify that deaths are due to COVID complications by checking for a positive test result and that a coronavirus infection was named as a primary cause of death on the death certificate.
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One of the most significant action items to emerge from the discussion Monday was support for an outside agency to assess the operations of the police and fire departments. Such a study hasn’t been conducted since 2018.
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For Jace, who was 5 at the time of his COVID ordeal, the high fever and lethargy started about four weeks after he had a relatively mild case of COVID-19.
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“There’s no doubt that the risk towards Clatsop County regarding earthquakes, tsunamis and windstorms, and any other form of natural disaster, is high.”
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The Hawaii Climate Data Portal — set to go live today — is an open-source platform with easy public access to reams of climate data and information along with data products, climate tools, links and more.
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While FEMA is often seen providing trailers and money to victims of hurricanes, tornadoes and floods, survivors of this California wildfire complain that the agency has had little to offer them.
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After an inspection last year revealed that the dam was increasingly at risk of breaching during heavy rainstorms, the conservancy closed the area to visitors and temporary measures were taken to lower the water level.
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Federal funding will be available to those impacted by the Kentucky flooding. FEMA named John Brogan as the federal coordinating officer for federal recovery operations in the affected areas.
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Because the officers had “no clear understanding of the mission” and weren’t adequately supervised, they inevitably “improvised” their use of force tactics.
