Recent Gov1 News

• City reverses course, allows ‘In God We Trust’ decals on police cars

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  A city council vote earlier this month to remove the decals sparked public outcry

• Too many lives lost: Marking painful milestones from shootings, ODs and COVID-19

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  Reflecting on the pain of 10 killed in a hate-driven shooting, 100,000 dead of drug overdoses and 1 million lost to COVID-19

• St. Louis FD begins door-to-door assessment of city's vacant buildings

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  The goal of the operation is to identify buildings at risk of collapse and prevent firefighters from going inside

• US set to remove 5 groups from foreign terrorism blacklist

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  Removing the groups from the list rescinds a range of sanctions that the designations had entailed

• Judge dismisses Fla. taxpayer suit over planned dissolution of Reedy Creek district

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  U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga wrote that the suit was dismissed for several reasons, including the fact that the law does not take effect until 2023

• San Diego County buys $16M helicopter to help fight wildfires

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  Sheriff's Department pilots may be trained so they can go on nighttime firefighting flights

• Mission Critical Partners announces agenda for 2022 Conference for Advancing the Public Sector

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  The conference is free for public sector employees, and discussions will include retention, recruitment, 911 and more

• Ore. firefighters urge residents to oppose city plan to cut ambulances, staff

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  Firefighters fanned out across Baker City to talk with people after the city announced that it intends to stop ambulance service in September

• Next Generation 911: Why your agency's success and community's safety depends on having updated technology

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  NG911 technology breaks down borders and removes the roadblocks that hinder responders from doing their job – saving lives

• N.C. county paramedics get 42% raise

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  The local board is making EMS pay increases permanent in an effort to retain staffers

• City buys Atlanta FD 2 rigs due to slow local EMS response

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  Grady EMS has been under fire for response times, and a hospital emergency department's closure may make them worse

• Ohio city council rejects $625K subsidy for AMR

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  The service's contract with Youngstown is set to conclude at the end of the year

• NYC Mayor Adams promises more subway patrols, proposes increased anti-crime spending

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  "We're going to start taking very aggressive actions," said Mayor Eric Adams

• 2 Ill. cities to pay $36K in fines over 'lapses' in firefighter's death

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  Investigators cited multiple errors made on the scene of the Dec. 4 fire that contributed to Sterling Lt. Garrett Ramos' death from asphyxiation

• Proposed Ohio fire, police pension changes could add $11M to Cleveland's annual costs

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  Union representatives testified in March in favor of cities paying 26.5% of the salaries of officers and firefighters – up from 19.5% for police and 24% for fire

• L.A. mayor proposes hiring 780 more police, 260 firefighters

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  An aggressive LAPD hiring plan aims to combat attrition as the agency expects to lose 500 officers

• N.J. FF, city settle discrimination lawsuit for $275K

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  Chris Williams said that he was passed over for a promotion and was subjected to racist comments on the job

• New report highlights impact of critical emergency management grant program

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  The Emergency Management Performance Grant helps governments make key investments so that they can better respond to disasters

• 'Come From Away': A review of federal grant changes

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  Sometimes we just have to make the best of a terrible situation

• Atlanta mayor aims to hire 250 officers per year for three years

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  Despite facing competition from other jurisdictions, Mayor Andre Dickens said the "robust department" is attracting applicants

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