Public Safety
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By responding to 911 calls involving mental health crises with a specialized team including a clinical social worker, the program cut hospitalization rates. Permanent funding may be on the way. -
The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is set to receive a new remote underwater vehicle after getting approval from county commissioners on Tuesday.
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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.
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As fires rage up and down the West Coast, the skies over California have taken an apocalyptic turn — choking the air with ash and smoke in some regions, while snuffing out sunlight in others. Rarely have so many Californians breathed such unhealthy air.
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Fire officials evacuated people from the Berry Creek area late Tuesday. An undetermined number suffered burns. On Wednesday afternoon, the area was desolate, and blanketed in heavy smoke.
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Masks arriving in September may prove useful to some schools, but most schools offering in-person learning have already had to procure thousands of face coverings and districts are unsure if they'll get reimbursed for those new costs, amid state budget cuts and limited federal aid.
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“Don’t call 911 to report smoke, there’s smoke everywhere and our 911 system is being inundated with smoke calls,” said Andrew Phelps, director of Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management, on Wednesday.
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Some 365 structures, which include homes, businesses and minor buildings are damaged or destroyed, though a full damage assessment has not been completed.
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People who advocate for returning citizens say the pandemic is exacerbating the many challenges to reentry after prison. When it comes to getting an ID, advocates say the process is slowed down, by months in some instances.
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As of Sunday, 148 UW-Madison students had tested positive for COVID-19, the university reported Monday. Of those, 37 students live in residence halls and 111 live off-campus. One employee tested positive.
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Containment remained stuck at 0%, a combined gathering of local, state and federal officials said during a news conference at Sierra High School in Tollhouse, where a grim though still general assessment of heavy structural damage was reported.
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The study surveyed more than 21,000 nurses; 58 percent said that they were reusing single-use PPE like N95 masks for five or more days and 68 percent said that reusing single-use PPE was required at their facility.
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She said Pennsylvania ranked among the top five states in controlling the spread of COVID-19, and she credited social distancing and mask-wearing for that and expressed her approval for the statewide restrictions placed on restaurants and bars.
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As we stand over the rubble of this public health disaster, still stunned by the events of the past three months, we are compelled to give our account as front-line physicians and offer some hard-earned lessons for preventing similar outbreaks in correctional facilities.
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Since April, Maine has kept the infection rate down. Last week, the state’s per-capita coronavirus death rate was second-lowest in the country at 1 per 100,000 residents, behind Vermont, and the positivity rate was 0.8 percent.
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Gatherings are still restricted to 50 percent for an indoor facility's occupancy or 75 percent for an outdoor facility. No gatherings may exceed 10,000 individuals. Parades, carnivals, midways, dances (except dance recitals), street dances and beer gardens are prohibited.
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Public safety communications between emergency dispatchers and police, or “scanner” traffic, has long been monitored by members of the press and others to track the response to shootings, stabbings and other calls.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency donated 9 million masks to Ohio as part of a new mask-distribution program. These masks will be distributed among the Ohio Department of Education, programs and organizations serving vulnerable populations.
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The House returns to session and a renewed effort is afoot in the chamber to thwart the governor’s emergency powers by overriding Wolf’s veto of a bill that would let the Legislature force him to end the disaster declaration.
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The equipment resembles a skeletal robot, but the human face of nurse Bre Loughlin appears on the screen. It’s 4 p.m., time to screen 40 or so women for COVID-19 before they sign in for the night at the homeless shelter on East Washington Avenue.
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“There’s a direct relationship between heat and fire, and increasing heat is inevitable for at least a few decades,” said Michael Gerrard, director of Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. “If you like 2020, you’re going to love 2050.”
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