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The Lancaster County Prison warden said most funds will go to staffing for chronic care, mental health and medication-assisted treatment
The new law eliminates provisions that reduced benefits for retired first responders and other public servants, offering retroactive and future payment increases
Access targeted strategies to mitigate vehicle-borne attacks
Independent Fire Company Number 1 officials said they were blindsided by the Town of Maple Shade’s decision
The program will begin by focusing on people with suicidal ideations and without weapons before scaling up, officials said
“Every police department needs to think about their threat model and that they will probably be a target at some point”
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 Durham union said it can take as long as 10 minutes for firefighters to be dispatched to a call
Town officials say a contract with the sheriff’s office will save them $1.3 million over three years
All “red flag” cases will now go straight to the judge instead of through the prosecutor’s office
Data shows there were two public mass shootings in 2020. This year there have been at least 11 so far
Officials said Huntington Beach’s HOPE program is meant to supplement the efforts of homeless liaison officers and expand access to mental health care
“It’s fear-mongering politics at its worst,” said Jonathan Thompson, CEO of the National Sheriffs’ Association