Legal
Legal matters are a core focus for local and state government agencies, encompassing the creation, interpretation, and enforcement of laws and regulations that govern public affairs. Legal frameworks ensure that government actions are consistent with the rule of law and protect citizens’ rights. Though by no means a perfect system – enforcement inequities continue to make the headlines – local leaders strive to create laws that work fairly for all.
Lower Merion Township offers a 100% real estate tax credit to active volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel who live and own property in the township
The Hanceville City Council voted to immediately suspend department operations and search for a new chief to build a new department and hire employees
Combination of SMS messages and phishing uses text messages to trick people into giving out sensitive personal information
The law makes it a crime to stand within 20 feet of officers with the “intent to impede, provoke or harass” them
The package also removes a residency requirement for Kansas City police officers
A swastika was left at a table where the former mental health worker was known to eat in the jail’s break room
Owners must also pay a fee to cover taxpayers’ costs associated with gun violence
The bill would reverse a current law that bars first responders from transporting working animals in most situations
The bill “puts the safety of incarcerated persons and correction employees at substantial risk,” said Gov. Lamont
Signed into law on Tuesday, the bill creates minimum training standards for use-of-force and de-escalation tactics
“We talk about structures, but in the end, it’s about people and making sure that they are safe,” said Key Biscayne Village Manager Steve Williamson
After a 2016 school shooting in the district, the Madison school board enacted a policy allowing 10 staffers to carry weapons on campus
Brian Dunn, attorney for Jacorey Shaw’s parents, says there was both negligence and a cover-up conspiracy involved in Shaw’s death investigation
Organizations and citizens have a “shared responsibility” to defend their data, computer hardware and software systems from ransomware attacks
The lawsuit demands the return of $42.3 million the city recently allocated to a new Community Services and Prevention Fund
Other bills still up for consideration include one increasing penalties for assaulting first responders and one that aims for more police accountability
The bill bars cities and counties from reducing their law enforcement budgets by more than 5% in one year, or cumulatively across five years
The settlement is the largest in the city’s history involving a civil rights lawsuit and the Santa Rosa Police Department
A federal jury ruled that the firing of Kansas City Firefighter Jyan Harris, who is Black, was in retaliation for reporting harassment
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