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Police Chief Bill Scott said RTIC has enabled the department to target individuals who have “damaged our city,” including repeat offenders
A state grant helped the LeRoy Ambulance Service replace an older intercept unit and an ambulance
A grant from the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management will cover half the cost of a new CAD system to help integrate mutual aid for The Village Fire Department
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Sedgwick County Commissioner Jim Howell suggested $2,500 may not be enough to attract paramedics, given the competition with other regional EMS providers
The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police has said it will oppose vaccine mandates
The Georgia Office of Public Safety Support was created after legislation supporting the effort to formalize peer counseling for first responders passed in 2018
Chicago Police stood by ShotSpotter, saying it’s “crucial” for quick responses to where gun violence occurs
The Mission Fire Fighters Association noted firefighters heavily pushed for fire-based EMS because of high call volume and the lack of a secondary provider
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