Public Safety
Public Safety is a top priority for local and state government agencies, encompassing the protection of citizens through law enforcement, emergency response, and crime prevention strategies. Effective public safety measures are essential for maintaining order and ensuring the well-being of communities. This directory offers articles on public safety and related topics like Emergency Management, which focuses on preparing for and responding to natural disasters, public health crises, and other emergencies that impact community safety.
A state grant helped the LeRoy Ambulance Service replace an older intercept unit and an ambulance
A grant from the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management will cover half the cost of a new CAD system to help integrate mutual aid for The Village Fire Department
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Purdue University Polytechnic Institute professors are identifying opportunities for early intervention to help parolees integrate back into society successfully
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
This comes after a British media company, The Daily Mail, released part of the videos August 3
50 federal investigators will be brought to the city as the homicide rate climbs
Officials say the Contra Costa County pilot program will be the first to have EMS providers start buprenorphine treatment in the ambulance
“You are not demonstrating, you are attempting to commit murder,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said in a news conference
The community paramedicine pilot has demonstrated that expanding paramedics’ job capacities can meaningfully reduce pressure on emergency department services
With EMS run volume down 25% or more in many communities, how can EMTs and paramedics help in schools with COVID-19 screening, role modeling healthy behavior and teaching life-saving skills?
If it advances to the November ballot, voters would get the final say
Chief Carmen Best said her neighbors didn’t allow protesters to “trespass or engage in other illegal behavior in the area, despite repeated attempts to do so”
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