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It is estimated at least 20% of police calls for service involve a mental health or substance use crisis, and for many departments, that demand is growing according to the American Psychological Association.

The benefits, provided through the Disaster CalFresh food program, are available to those who lived or worked in the affected counties from Feb. 21 to March 22, when the region was hit with torrential rain.

ALEA Senior Trooper Jeremy Burkett told news media gathered at the Tallapoosa County Courthouse that the 28 injured had a “wide variety of injuries” ranging from superficial to critical.

Frank Ray was a police officer for 10 years and knows the stress that first responders go through on the job. He is using his platform as a country music artist to give responders an outlet and a place to find resources.

The proposed first-responder technology campus would be a hub for 19 agencies and include space for outdoor training and operations, office space, hotel rooms, apartments, and a competition swimming pool.

Among the people shot Monday was Louisville officer Nickolas Wilt, who had been sworn into the force less than two weeks prior. He was shot in the head and was still in critical condition Tuesday afternoon.

According to police, officers were dispatched to Old National Bank Monday morning for reports of an active shooter. When they arrived they encountered active shooting, but the shooter was reported dead soon after they arrived.

"As majority leader, I am officially announcing that I have put Fire Grants and Safety Act on the Senate floor, and shepherded it through the initial hurdles, priming the Senate to pass this life-saving legislation when we return in two weeks."

The purpose of the group is to promote amateur radio in a positive light to the public as well as provide a valuable service to the community.

Created in Boise, Idaho, after the historic 1994 fire season, the founding board members realized there was a great need to have emergency support services for the families of fallen firefighters.

A proposed California bill would create Ebony Alerts to increase efforts to locate missing Black women and children, who often receive less attention from law enforcement than missing white women and children.

"The people of Pajaro do so much to put food on the tables of millions of Americans, and they are now needing the support and assistance of our federal and state agencies to recover from these devastating floods."

A considerable amount of uncertainty exists about these potential storms, but damaging hail and a few tornadoes are possible, and meteorologists will be monitoring changing weather conditions.

The homes are at risk because the weight of the living space — held up by skinny, flimsy supports that can bend or break in a quake — can come crashing down.

The very day that Guernsey County, Ohio, went live with its next-generation 911 system, the featured live video feed helped the dispatcher and a mother save her son, who was having a seizure.

"(Customers) do this every year. When the storms come in, they get nervous and then they start looking for a shelter. And then during the off season they don't worry about it. Every year."

Unlike responders in other school shootings, Nashville Metro Police arrived at the Covenant School quickly Monday morning and left no doubt that they were going in to take out the suspect, who had already mowed down six people.

Scores of first responders from several agencies rushed to the scene and residents living with a half-mile of the crash were told to leave their homes. No injuries were reported and BNSF is sending a team to the scene assess the situation.