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Lake County’s new Mobile Integrated Healthcare program helps reduce strain on emergency services by providing in-home care for frequent 911 callers
A voter-approved tax allowed Boulder County to provide grants to fund equipment, station upgrades and emergency vehicles
Axon’s First Draft program uses AI to generate a draft report narrative using body camera audio, helping officers save about 23 minutes per police report
The vaccine requirement applies to salaried and volunteer responders in Skagit County fire districts
The law makes it a crime to stand within 20 feet of officers with the “intent to impede, provoke or harass” them
“We’re coming into the high fire season, and right now we’re on our knees,” said climatologist Bill Patzert
Nearly half of the 36,000 annual traffic fatalities in the U.S. occur on rural roads, even though only a fifth of the population lives in rural areas
In Santa Ana, City Manager Kristine Ridge announced this week plans to mandate vaccines against COVID-19, except for city employees who request to be exempted for health or religious reasons
Mayor Jacob Frey said the language hid “the full consequences” of an initiative to replace the city’s police department
The bonuses, funded through the city’s $20.53 million City Hall allocation from the American Rescue Plan, will be paid at two different levels
Police union leaders say they have “questions and concerns” as to how the ordinance will impact cops
First responders will begin receiving their vaccination booster shots, followed by the elderly and those considered high risk
The Los Angeles City Council voted to have the LAFD examine its procedures “for behavioral, discriminatory and retaliatory complaints”