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The grant will provide funding for police and sheriff’s departments to offer 24/7 virtual crisis care calls
Paid over three years, the $10K bonus aims to fill 11 vacancies in Kent County amid “bonus hopping” concerns
Before, not even all the cars could fit into the lot; now, with 9 acres of space on the property, there is enough room to store all the department vehicles beneath a sheltered cover
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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
The new law says people whose image or voice is the subject of a body camera or dash camera recording can file a written request to review the recording
Four of seven justices found the scientific methodology is not reliable enough to allow examiners to testify that a particular gun fired a particular bullet
The group would analyze data on the state’s prison populations, recidivism rates, sentence proportionality and sentencing disparities