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The grants allow the state “to invest in programs that improve reentry outcomes and reduce the likelihood that a person will reoffend in the future”
Baker County officials will use Interior Department funding to purchase water tanks for fire departments to place onto pickup truck beds
WalletHub ranked the safest states in America based on personal and residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and emergency preparedness
Some law enforcement officials are arguing the bill is too broad and hasn’t been properly vetted
Public safety communications officials called the change “historic” and the result of “many years of hard work”
“This session we’ve seen an avalanche of proposals designed to undercut local democracy and erase home rule”
A review found that most of the extreme risk protection orders granted by judges came from cases initiated by police
“It’s never been so understaffed. It’s never been so corrupt and it’s never been so dangerous,” the DA said
Officers who participate in the program meet monthly with high schoolers to talk about experiences kids have had with police, discuss stereotypes and reverse-roleplay each other’s roles
The bills include making it easier to sue cops for excessive force and require the NYPD to track the race of drivers in traffic stops
The city banned assault weapons in 2018, though a Boulder County District Court judge ruled just days before the shooting that such a ban was illegal under state law
The bill would prohibit the city of Cedar Falls from continuing its public safety officer program
Under a divided Senate, President Biden demanded the chamber pass two bills that would tighten federal background check laws and ban high-capacity magazines