Public Safety
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Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that more drones will be providing aerial surveillance this summer at New York's Long Island State Beaches, patrolling for unsafe water conditions and dangerous marine life like sharks. -
By adding drones, an online listing reads, the police department would “enhance public safety, improve response times, and optimize situational awareness during critical incidents.”
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Paid for through grant funding, the new suite of tools included in the free app is designed to make it easier for residents to connect with law enforcement, including a tip line and community outreach programs.
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The three-bedroom modular structures were put in place in the years after Hurricane Rita struck Louisiana in 2005 as part of a program for post-disaster housing. They held up well in the 2020 hurricanes.
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From firefighting and social services to increased accessibility, public-sector agencies are using virtual and augmented reality to improve how staff train to interact with citizens — and it’s only the beginning.
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Around 6 p.m. July 13, Canadian Pacific Railroad reported to the state duty officer, an employee of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, they had spilled 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel.
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Fed up with a lack of transparency from county government after an ongoing crisis within its Emergency Medical Services, Sedgwick County EMS workers have created a Facebook page to provide live updates and insights.
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After authorities announced that crews recovered one more victim Tuesday morning and five more victims were identified, it appears there may be fewer than five people remaining to be recovered from the rubble.
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Attorneys for a group of eight Indiana students argued their case Tuesday in federal court, saying the policy violates students’ rights to bodily integrity, informed choice of medical treatment and religious freedom.
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The numbers break down as follows: $45.4 million for direct federal assistance, $61 million for low-interest disaster loans, $13.6 million to build group housing sites and about $40.6 to temporarily house fire survivors.
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Significant numbers of Rhode Island residents have not received shots, leaving them vulnerable to the Delta and other variants of the still-evolving COVID-19 virus as fall and winter approach.
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Police and behavioral health experts are working through the logistics of having clinicians answer emergency calls for people in crisis without the accompaniment of an armed police officer.
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Even amid calls to "defund the police," agencies are buying new technology, boosting efficiency and enabling new types of reporting. Mark43 aims to be a major global player in this industry.
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State leaders have a lot of work before them, and it can’t wait until the regular legislative session in the spring. By that time, the grief and horror of the Champlain Tower South collapse will have started to fade.
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The National Weather Service issued three tornado warnings, each lasting about 40 minutes between 2:50 and 5:15 a.m. for parts of Cape May, Atlantic, Ocean and Monmouth counties.
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Assessment teams are aware that the flooding has disproportionately impacted certain communities, so they will “also document specific characteristics” of each home, according to FEMA.
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On Thursday, the California Geological Survey released new tsunami hazard maps for San Francisco, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties, along with several in Southern California, for the first time since 2009.
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Interviews with doctors and nurses around the region revealed a sense of relief over a waning pandemic leavened by fears that the virus could surge again. They use different terms to describe being on the front lines.
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The parish is eyeing a low-lying green patch on Lee Drive between Liberty Magnet High School and St. James Place retirement communities, some 200 acres of lowland swamps along Bayou Duplantier.
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There is also the potential for isolated tornadoes, primarily in the eastern portion of the Midlands, according to a hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service.
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Earlier Tuesday, reports surfaced about an alarming letter sent to homeowners on April 9 outlining how damage to the 12-story building’s basement garage had “gotten significantly worse.”
