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Andrea Fox

Editor, Gov1

Andrea Fox is Editor of Gov1.com and Senior Editor at Lexipol. She is based in Massachusetts.

LATEST ARTICLES
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Public Safety
Austin budget adds millions for mental health response in 911 services
The city of Austin puts mental health clinicians at Austin-Travis County 911 Center and beefs up community paramedics staff
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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Andrea Fox
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Public Health
Virginia Beach to Open Recovery Services Center for Mass Shooting Victims
The center will serve mass shooting victims and their families, first responders and others affected by the Virginia Beach Municipal Shooting.
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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Andrea Fox
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Emergency Management
4 Tips for Suspicious Person Calls and Third-Party Racial Profiling
A dispatcher trainer and a police chief offer tips that can help first responders consider bias and stay within fourth amendment rights when receiving or following up on suspicious person calls.
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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Andrea Fox
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Public Health
States Argue Over OxyContin Settlement, Purdue Pharma to File Bankruptcy
In the proposed deal, the Sackler family would sell Mundipharma and turn proceeds of up to $4.5 billion over to compensate state and local governments that have filed lawsuits. The first Federal opioid crisis trial is five weeks away.
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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Andrea Fox
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Workforce Development
5 Takeaways for PSAP Team Building from Coach Brian Billick
Former Baltimore Ravens Coach Brian Billick’s advice can help emergency communications centers improve team building.
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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Andrea Fox
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Public Health
Extremism: Can targeted violence prevention programs work locally?
An evaluation and tabletop exercises of LA’s primary public health and public safety efforts to reduce violent extremism explored the basic steps and gaps cities may encounter in establishing secondary prevention programs
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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Andrea Fox
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Technology
5 Things Early FirstNet Adopters Want Other Public Safety Agencies to Know
Public safety leaders praised their FirstNet transformations, citing reliability, redundancy, cost savings and improved field operations at APCO 2019.
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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Andrea Fox
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Public Safety
Philadelphia Mayor Cites Officer Safety as Cause for Local Gun Control
After six Philadelphia officers were shot in a crime-related gun battle, Mayor Jim Kenney responds that officer safety is enough cause for local leaders to seek gun control.
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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Andrea Fox
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Workforce Development
South Bend Police Recruitment By the Numbers
South Bend announced numbers for community wide police recruitment efforts that followed a fatal officer involved shooting.
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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Andrea Fox
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Public Safety
APCO 2019 Quick Take: Interoperable Radio Proved Critical During School Shootings
Improve public safety emergency communications by designing P25 systems and bringing stakeholders to the table early so systems are ready when you need them most.
December 26, 2019 04:11 AM
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