‘It’s been my life dream’: 50-year-old recruit joins Pa. PD after career in military, public service
“I look at your badge as it isn’t yours to keep,” said Army veteran Chris Feder, Temple University’s newest police recruit. “It’s on loan from the community you serve.”
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
This guide will help you submit a successful application, enabling your agency to meet its funding requirements and effectively tackle future challenges
Agencies have substantial discretion to spend money in ways that best suit the needs of constituents. Some of the ways might surprise you.
Learn how to access grants funding for transportation, utilities and other critical national infrastructure
How to align community needs with federal funding opportunities
UPCOMING & ON-DEMAND EVENTS
Preventing ransomware attacks is possible; our expert panelists offer several best practices your agency can follow to help reduce risk and mitigate potential issues
On-Demand Webinar: Best practices for building rich conversational experiences for your constituents
Get an inside look at how state and local agencies are using technologies like Google Cloud and Dialogflow to enable remote workforce collaboration and engage citizens with tools like virtual intelligent agents
Learn how an app can make oversight from a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic easier
These new mitigation strategies help protect vulnerable people and prevent overwhelmed hospitals
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OPIOID RESOURCE GUIDE
Once a patient is given the drug, the Seattle Fire Department’s Health 99 team — firefighters and case workers dedicated to overdose calls — steps in to connect patients with services such as treatment centers
San Francisco Police Department leaders and city officials expect to launch the task force in the spring of 2024 to investigate opioid deaths and illicit drug operations as potential homicide cases