Public Safety
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The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday. -
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.
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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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Masks are still required on public transit, in healthcare facilities, hospitals, prisons and jails. But the remaining face covering requirement for early learning centers, K-12 schools and universities will end.
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So-called vaccine hesitancy — often but not always based on misinformation — has emerged as a barrier in the effort to reach the “herd immunity” needed to extinguish COVID-19 as a serious health threat.
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Automatic license plate recognition camera systems from Flock Safety are set up all around the country and can now be activated by an Amber Alert to alert law enforcement when they capture footage of a suspected vehicle.
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With mask demand slowing and supplies more plentiful, the city has resold only about one-third of the Honeywell N95 masks that it has received under the deal, according to records reviewed by The Times .
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The clinics, which are being organized by Brockton Public Schools, the Brockton Board of Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, will be held on Monday, May 24, and Tuesday, May 25, at various schools.
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Temps are expected to be near average to below average in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, where hurricanes form, and El Nino is not present to allow for conditions that will increase cyclone activity.
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A year later, residents are looking at $215 million to restore the emptied lakes with the earliest of four area dams completed by 2024 and the latest by 2026. Residents will be assessed to pay for the repairs.
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A team of hundreds of nurses, state and county workers, military service members and public health officials come together to deliver more than 380,000 shots in four months at the New York fairgrounds.
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41% of Kansas adults in rural counties received at least one dose as of April 10, compared to 49.7% in urban areas. 31% of Missouri adults received at least one dose, compared to 41.3% in urban areas.
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Earlier this month, Washington joined California and Oregon in using the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert system for earthquake early warning. The program has been in the works since 2006.
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Little is known about the prevalence of long-term complications from COVID-19. This, in part, is because there is no agreed-upon definition of such cases and no easy methods of tracking them.
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Without a workforce and leaders who have those skill sets and an understanding of diverse communities, emergency managers won’t be able to reach their potential in mitigating the hazards that they face.
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The decision was informed by guidance from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s office and the Oregon Health Authority. Also factoring into the move were meetings with student and employee groups on campus.
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The study’s conclusion could have implications about who should continue to wear a mask. The CDC significantly eased mask-wearing guidance, saying null in most indoor and outdoor settings.
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Despite falling virus case numbers, lockdowns and limited personal contact largely continue for most in the disabled community — though a growing number of those who have been vaccinated is making an impact.
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Vaccination rates among public safety workers are only slightly above the city’s overall vaccination rate, about 47%. Police and firefighters had more time during which they were eligible for vaccination than others.
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Health Services workers are trying to get every health care worker vaccinated. Every time they have leftover doses after a clinic, which is happening often now, they call the nursing homes.
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Specifics are yet to come. But the funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be used to activate 10 mobile medical units that were purchased last year, officials said Tuesday.
