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Agency coordinators will enroll staff statewide as part of a program that enhances training, technology and operational consistency
“We wanted it to be something ... aligned with many law enforcement agencies around the globe,” Chief Darin Schierbaum said of the uniforms’ checkered blue design
A grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation funded a hose prop, helping Saco firefighters sharpen skills through hands-on training
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Orlando will begin testing two driverless buses that will run daily on traditional bus routes
The “clean slate” bill would automatically seal most recent convictions — 3 years after serving time or parole for a misdemeanor, and 8 years for felony convictions
31 residents died in the Christmas 2022 storm that dumped over 50-inches of snow with hurricane-force winds
LEOs interviewed said the law decriminalizing small amounts of heroin and other street drugs is ineffective and they believe it negatively affects public safety
There’s currently no law against making ghost guns; the new law would ban the ownership, sale and shipping of ghost gun parts in New York
Days before starting firefighter training EMT Arnaldo Rodriguez was brought before Chief Michael Gala and ordered to stay home
911 call and radio audio shows how tense the scene was when a Lenoir County paramedic was shot
The bill called for changing the standard for releasing police K-9s to bite someone, which would make it the same standard for officers using deadly force
Charleston firefighters faced three bad hydrants and had to wait on tankers from neighboring FDs
The “peacekeepers” in the new unit received training in areas including crowd de-escalation tactics and crisis interruption