Recent Gov1 News

• NYC Mayor Adams directs NYPD to intervene in city's mental health crisis

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  Mental health technicians will help officers decide if a person needs to be taken to a hospital for evaluation

• Ohio COs forced to work through lunch breaks win back pay

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  537 officers will receive between $9.56 for a single missed lunch up to $1,223 for 128 missed lunches

• Conn.'s 'hero pay' program gets extra $76.6M in funding, new tiered system for bonuses

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  After getting 155,730 applications from eligible essential workers, including LEOs, FFs, EMS providers and COs, lawmakers realized they would have to put more money in or slash benefits

• N.Y. police union: Snowstorm highlighted LE staffing shortages, equipment deficiencies

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  "If we have insufficient resources for our daily operations, we are truly behind the eight ball when severe weather and other emergencies occur," a union rep said

• Connecticut, other states face growing cost of pandemic 'hero pay' for frontline workers

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  The state is no longer accept new applications and plans to increase funding by $76.6 million while implementing a tiered system

• FDNY to make diversity push with 5 new laws

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  The department must implement a plan to hire more women and non-white firefighters and upgrade stations to accommodate women’s privacy

• 4 DCFEMS members ask judge to overturn policy against beards

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  The firefighters and EMS providers are also seeking damages they say they are owed from having to work desk jobs, which pay less, for 18 months

• Fla. bill enables police to arrest, charge street racers without witnessing the race

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  The bill provides for the use of video of street races, often posted online, to bring charges

• Iowa jail adding medical isolation cells with ARPA funds

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  12 to 14 new cells will be used to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infections, or for any other medical reason requiring an inmate to be isolated

• Wayne County Jail launches data dashboard

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  The interactive dashboard provides daily updates and summary information about the current inmate population

• Group files emergency motion to stop Oregon’s gun control Measure 114

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  Those bringing the challenge say it hampers law-abiding gun owners from using common gun magazines for their own self-defense

• NYC Mayor visits Rikers Island on Thanksgiving Day

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  Mayor Adams also thanked the “under-appreciated” correction officers who were spending their holiday working

• Ore. public defender shortage: Nearly 300 cases dismissed

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  Multnomah County's top prosecutor, Mike Schmidt, said that the shortage poses “an urgent threat to public safety”

• 3 Chicago officers who died battling COVID-19 receive LODD designations nearly a year later

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  A Chicago PD spokeperson would not elaborate on what contributed to the delay in that designation

• Ga. FFs see lack of opportunity for advancement, blame chief, who defends his actions

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  “Everybody is smashed down here in the bottom half of the pay range,” said Webb Smith, a now-former Marietta member

• Ore. gov. pardons 45K people with simple marijuana possession convictions

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  The pardon applies to convictions for possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana when the person was 21 or older

• First Responder Bowl: The post-season college football game that honors first responders

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  When and where to watch the First Responder Bowl, plus a brief history of this unique event

• Ky. FD donates SUV to VFD that lost 7 vehicles to floods

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  “We have made a lot of progress, but there is still a lot of work to be done,” said Carter Bevins, chief of the Neon Volunteer Fire Department

• DOJ launches probe into Oklahoma City PD's response to mental health crises

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  The department will also examine jail conditions in several states to ensure there are no violations of the rights of people with mental illnesses

• Philly officer sentenced to 11.5 to 23 months in shooting of unarmed man

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  The officer told jurors he feared for his life when he fired at the man, who had his left hand raised but kept his right hand hidden despite police orders

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