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Officers unable to return to full duty after 251 workdays will be given a choice to apply for a reclassification, take a leave of absence, seek medical retirement or resign
The Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department will use AFG funding to purchase new firefighting gear
Sheriff Craig Robertson asked the county to amend his department’s budget for the additional $180,000 that will be applied toward the two new deputy positions
The Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts joined with teachers’ unions in promoting a program that would deploy first responders to schools
The department will use the funds to pay for mobile data terminal technology for their cruisers’ computers
The grant is aimed at reducing by 15% the number of people in city jails by the end of 2022
The bill would provide disability payments and copay reimbursements for first responders with PTSD
When the app was launched, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo touted it as a technological game changer for contact tracing
Someone briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, by remotely accessing a city computer
The bill would direct federal agencies to develop training and best practices for fire departments nationwide to limit PFAS exposure
The team responded to 748 low-level calls since June, none of which required police or led to jail time, according to a new progress report
The New Britain police, fire and EMS departments are hoping to recruit more women and people of color through a free hiring workshop
Chief Chuck Lovell is asking for a budget cut of just 1%, not the full 5% that the mayor directed each city bureau to consider