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The five-year contract with BRINC Drones Inc. will equip the Newport Beach Police Department with seven drones, including one specialized for SWAT and crisis response
Governor DeWine authorized the Cyber Reserve Force to assist the still closed Cleveland Municipal Court
Authorities are investigating a fire at a Tesla charging station in Littleton, amid rising tensions over anti-DOGE protests and vandalism targeting Tesla properties
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Three-fourths of Portland-area residents say they don’t want to see policing in the city dip below its current levels, with a plurality supporting an increase in cops
The resolution would create a division of unarmed civilian employees for non-moving traffic violations
A group that wants to create a new public safety department has gathered enough signatures to make the ballot
The Averted School Violence database aims to help law enforcement learn how school attacks are planned, discovered and thwarted
City first responders have been eligible to get the vaccine since January
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