‘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
Learn how to access grants funding for transportation, utilities and other critical national infrastructure
Learn how to access grants funding for transportation, utilities and other critical national infrastructure
An integrated strategy includes cleaning up graffiti, prosecuting vandals, working with the community and decoding threats
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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Bitterroot Health will use funds from the Opioid Abatement Trust to provide tuition assistance for EMTs pursuing paramedic school
Maine’s MD3 program deploys doctors alongside EMS crews to overdose and emergency calls, expanding field treatment, education and follow-up care across Kennebec County