Recent Gov1 News

• City Council advances proposal to replace Minneapolis PD

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  Under the proposal, the city would create a new Department of Public Safety

• 'Going to collapse': Kansas City moves ahead to rebuild Barney Allis Plaza, garage

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  Nearly a year ago, a consultant hired by the city recommended the structure be closed immediately due to a "magnitude of code violations"

• NM corrections officer sues over vaccination mandate

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  Isaac Legaretta is facing termination for declining a vaccination; Dona Ana County said it stands behind its policy

• Chicago mayor proposes new search warrant rules after wrongful raid

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  The move comes amid blowback for a police raid at the wrong home in 2019

• Ohio study: Most favor police responding to fewer non-violent emergencies

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  “What we heard from the community is there's an opportunity to actually bring some relief to the officers and what they have to do in the community."

• Calif. city plans to run non-police mental health response program through fire department

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  The Oakland fire union president supported moving the program to the fire department instead of an independent organization

• Kansas City mayor asks federal government to step in on Mo. vaccine distribution

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  Gov. Mike Parson has faced criticism that the state's distribution strategy is inequitable and favors less-populated rural areas over its largest cities

• Bill ending residency requirements for first responders alarms Tenn. lawmakers

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  Chattanooga state legislators raised concerns related to the city's compliance with a decades-old federal court order

• Alcohol, tobacco sales rose during early months of pandemic, study finds

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  EMS incident data also showed a slight increase in incidents involving alcohol in May

• Researchers: Pandemic has fueled hundreds of attacks on healthcare workers globally

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  A new report identified about 400 attacks motivated by fear or frustration over COVID-19

• Mayoral candidates agree: St. Louis must tame the violence

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  The St. Louis homicide rate has been among the nation's worst dating to the 1990s

• Why using fear to promote COVID-19 vaccination and mask wearing could backfire

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  There is compelling evidence that fear can change behavior, but that was before today's social and political context

• Acadian Ambulance partners with La. NAACP to offer full EMT scholarships

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  The program will cover tuition for 40 EMT students in the New Orleans area

• The fire service role in local emergency management

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  Understanding the role of the EOP, COG, COOP and other key documents to keep your agency operational

• How to really fix COVID-19 vaccine appointment scheduling

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  In some states, getting a COIVD-19 vaccination appointment has felt like winning the lottery, but it doesn't have to be this way

• Fla. county rejects vaccine mandate for first responders, offers monetary incentives

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  The proposal faced pushback from several Brevard County commissioners and the local fire union

• ‘Stay informed. Read less. Do more.’ Tools to evaluate research

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  The COVID-19 Literature Surveillance Team offers the daily truth to help policymakers, agencies of government, researchers, students and laypersons parse through data

• Webinar: How to assess and heal your stress-damaged relationships

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  A crowd-sourced educational stress management experience with Mike Taigman and Angela Leath for cops, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics and correctional officers

• Report: 8% increase in US domestic violence incidents after stay-at-home orders

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  The report’s authors say that the evidence is strong, but the exact reasoning for the spike is less clear

• St. Louis FF-EMT discusses local funding, vaccines in roundtable with President Joe Biden

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  St. Louis Firefighter-EMT Demetris "Al" Alfred told the president his biggest concern was financial support to avoid layoffs and budget cuts

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