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The 2024 Public-Release Research Dataset is the largest of its kind, featuring over 60 million EMS activations nationwide
The initiative includes a $1 million direct appropriation for the Virginia State Police and a separate $1 million grant program, capped at $25,000 per drone
Waco’s police and fire chiefs are requesting a dedicated staff psychologist to support the mental health of more than 500 public safety personnel
The bill would require officers to give out business cards to people they stop, search, frisk, or question during interactions that don’t lead to arrests
Anaheim leaders passed a budget that supports hiring more firefighters, police officers due to an increasing call volume
East St. Louis officers estimate there is about $1.2 million owed to about 40 current and retired officers
The “9/11 Notice Act” will alert workers in the area of the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks of financial, healthcare benefits
Firefighters and police officers nearing the 20-year mark will be able to retire early with a reduced pension
The new law will require deputies “to do a little more research” when they encounter someone carrying a firearm, Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister said
First responders in Cuyahoga County held an NDMS exercise using a plane full of patients
The state Supreme Court found the nearly real-time surveillance of a person’s social media was the “functional equivalent” of tapping their phone
‘They’re not ready for prime time': San Francisco fire chief says robotaxis interfere with responses
Robotaxis have run through emergency tape, blocked firehouses and proved almost impossible to move out of the way
Federal regulators propose every railroad, nearly 600, push out details on chemicals carried to every first responder near a derailment