Recent Gov1 News

• Calif. county breaks ground on new corrections complex

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  The multiple phase $77M project includes housing renovations, a new intake and booking facility, and staff locker rooms and meeting facilities

• Seattle law will allow officers to arrest anyone using drugs in public deemed 'a threat to others'

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  The law makes public possession a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail for the first two offenses and up to a year for additional offenses

• Railway industry makes information available to over 2 million firefighters

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  The AskRail program gives dispatchers information on train contents and provides FFs with hazmat training additional chemical details

• Fla. DoC using AI to transcribe prisoner phone calls

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  Speech-to-text technology scans incoming and outgoing calls for the state's 80,000 inmates with automatic searching for select keywords

• Mass. state trooper convicted in OT fraud case may get $1M pension after judge overturns forfeiture order

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  The judge ruled the former trooper's constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment were violated when he was ordered to lose his pension

• Houston PD announces changes in pursuit policy, stopping pursuits for certain offenses

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  HPD officers will no longer pursue drivers suspected of Class C offenses, including minor traffic violations and theft, according to the new policy

• Ill. police chiefs prepare for start of SAFE-T Act's cashless bail

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  “Our message for our officers is, 'Take your time. Slow down and make sure that you’re complying with the law,'" Lockport Police Deputy Chief Ron Huff said

• Federal judge blocks N.M. governor's public health order suspending right to carry guns

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  Judge Urias said he agreed with plaintiffs who accused the governor of impeding on constitutional rights

• $700K radio purchase approved for Ind. jail, community corrections employees

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  The American Rescue Plan funds allocation will provide every CO with a panic button-equipped portable radio

• L.A. County bans departments from auctioning surplus firearms, mandates destruction instead

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  The new policy also requires departments with extra ammunition to hand it over to the Sheriff's Department for use in training

• 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund seeks to speed up payments to WTC attack survivors

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  Victims' lawyers put on notice to have all paperwork submitted in order to speed up the application process

• U.S. marks 22 years since 9/11, from Ground Zero to Alaska

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  Communities across the country pay tribute with moments of silence, tolling bells, candlelight vigils and other activities

• Opioid settlement funding update: The impact on first responders

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  Opioid settlement funding will continue for 11 to 18 years, and it is expected that more settlements will be forthcoming. Is your agency getting its share?

• Seattle PD has achieved 'full, sustained and lasting compliance' with federal regulations, judge rules

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  The judge freed the department from federal oversight in a move he called "the end of the beginning" of Seattle police reform

• Poll call: First responders lack the funds to purchase equipment and technology

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  A majority of first responder agencies lack necessary funds for purchasing equipment and technology

• NYC closing jail barge

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  200 COs, who oppose the move, and the 500 inmates they oversee will be relocated from the floating jail to Rikers Island

• NYPD to reform protest policies, use of force tactics following settlement

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  The new response system will minimize police presence at protests and enforce de-escalation methods before increasing response, unless public safety is at risk

• Pa. ambulance service awarded $150K grant for new cardiac monitors

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  Funding from the American Rescue Plan is helping Narberth Ambulance replace aging cardiac monitors

• Regulators consider recategorizing marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III

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  The Drug Enforcement Administration will conduct a lengthy review process at the request of President Biden

• New Texas law aims to solve staffing shortages by boosting funds for rural sheriff departments

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  Law enforcement offices that serve rural counties can receive funds to raise pay, hire new officers and buy new equipment

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