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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 grant, part of the SCAD SERVE Community Fund, will be used for public safety technology upgrades for the Savannah Police Department
National fire and EMS groups wrote a letter to HHS Secretary RFK Jr. stating that cuts to firefighter safety programs could have long-term consequences for first responder health
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The new Akron law goes further than any in Ohio when it comes to the timely release of use-of-force videos
Gov. Tim Walz announced a change in BWC policy and says he is using $15 million in COVID relief money for violence prevention grants
Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen said the money will compensate for a wage freeze the city council imposed this year because of economic uncertainty in 2020 at the height of the pandemic
With supply exceeding demand, the focus has shifted to smaller, targeted pop-up clinics
While some details still need to be finalized, lawmakers on both sides had been resolute that they could reach a compromise
This program outfits every patrol car in the county with a sports bag to give officers another way to engage with youth in their communities
Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said the department would have to “adjust our tactics” to maintain safety
After a 2016 school shooting in the district, the Madison school board enacted a policy allowing 10 staffers to carry weapons on campus
Mayor Libby Schaaf criticized the council’s action, saying it effectively “cuts “50 police officers who respond to Oaklanders’ 911 calls”
Using planes to surveil the city, a crime-fighting tool, is akin to a warrantless search, the court said