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The Hennepin County attorney’s interpretation of the student restraint law “puts us back to where we were roughly two weeks ago, Minn. Chiefs of Police Association Executive Director Jeff Potts said
In 2021 lawmakers agreed to spend $1.25 billion on two prisons, but rising labor and construction costs are devouring most of the funding
The Bloomington City Council’s agreement with Stryker will outfit FD vehicles with the latest technology
Under the agreement, Las Cruces Police agreed to ban all chokeholds and fire any officer who violates the new policy
First responders said they have had to slowly navigate large apparatus around the potholes to respond to many emergencies at the park’s pond and cliff-hiking area
Just over $150 million will be redirected to social services in the 2021 fiscal budget
The city has not adjusted its ambulance fees since 2007
The department is projected to spend $25 million over five years for 5,200 cameras
The lawsuit alleges Elijah McClain was unlawfully stopped on the street and that officers later sought to justify their treatment of him
The announcement came the same day City Council approved reducing the department by up to 100 officers
The court initially withheld them out of concerns that it might taint the jury pool
Fallon Ambulance EMS Director Kevin Mont said the agency has the process of setting up efficient, portable testing sites across the region “down to a pretty good science”
Gov. Phil Murphy tightened social gatherings limits after the state saw an increase in COVID-19 cases among young people