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The stands are accessible 24/7 and are designed to reduce stigma around obtaining and using Narcan
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
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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”
“I hate to see the work of good cops undermined by the poor leadership of the sheriff,” said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo