Public Safety
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Emergency dispatch officials in Fairbanks, Alaska, the interior’s most populous city, have moved to a cloud-based communications platform for increased resiliency. Doing so enables staff to work remotely if needed. -
The online tool makes information available on every neighborhood in the Pennsylvania city. Years in the making, it includes data dating to Jan. 1, 2024, with near real-time updates, and may add older details.
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Complete with screaming bystanders and fake blood, Van Buren Tech hosted its 20th annual mock mass casualty event, giving students a chance to practice their police, fire and EMT skills in a realistic setting.
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According to city officials, the Chevy Blazer PPV is one of the first electric police pursuit vehicles to be placed in service in a local department in the state of Michigan.
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Some officials are wondering what, if anything, state governments can do to stop the spread of harmful lies and rumors that proliferate on social media during emergency situations.
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Residents who lived in the west side of Altadena did not receive an evacuation order until 3:25 a.m., which was hours after the fires first began to burn through their neighborhoods.
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Both the Rochester Police Department and Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office this week announced plans to begin moving communications traditionally heard over scanners to more private channels.
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An app built on a ranch in rural Sonoma County, supported by solar panels, satellite Internet and a small nonprofit team, is a critical tech hub for free and reliable info about the Los Angeles fires.
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The city police department will install the automatic readers starting this summer. They will be active when patrol vehicles are in use and plate numbers will be stored in a system that aggregates registered driver names.
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After the attacker swerved around a police SUV at Canal Street, his path of destruction down Bourbon Street was essentially unimpeded, with no police vehicles, traffic barriers or other major obstructions.
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Increased law enforcement presence continued across Las Vegas on Thursday, a day after a Tesla Cybertruck carrying fuel and commercial fireworks exploded outside the Trump International Hotel.
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The regional 911 communications system is moving forward with a long-anticipated goal to occupy a new facility, regardless of whether the city of Spokane comes along.
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A few hours before the ball dropped on New Year's Eve, the computer dispatch system for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department crashed, forcing all responders to handle calls by radio.
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The union representing state employees has demanded better conditions and higher staff counts for Gov. Wes Moore’s executive agencies — particularly the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
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The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is one of a number of agencies statewide and across the country turning to artificial intelligence to review law enforcement's single largest data set: body camera footage.
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The Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority is now using an artificial intelligence system to respond to some calls that come in through a non-emergency line.
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The time it takes the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to respond to calls for police service will slow in the foreseeable future as budget cuts eliminate six deputy positions.
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The Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office is seeking official approval to purchase 62 new Taser 10 devices for use by patrol officers at a total cost of $289,721.
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A Missouri Democratic lawmaker is pushing legislation that seeks to ban people from carrying guns into parades after the deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade.
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More than seven months after Manatee County, Fla., launched a pilot program for a drone that can quickly respond to medical emergencies, 911 dispatchers have yet to use it.
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The city has decided that it will use about a third of its free cash to purchase new police cruisers in addition to building up its pension system.
