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.
Unions serving Utah police officers, teachers, firefighters, transit workers and other public employees will be prohibited from negotiating on their behalf
Some 270,000 eggs will go to residents who lost homes in the Eaton and Palisades fires
Redmond’s new electric fire engine, originally priced at $2.4 million, will cost the city just $264,600, thanks to funding from grants and donations
Sgt. Ray Kelly, spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, said the department is considering billing the property’s owner -- real estate investment firm Wedgewood -- for the “tens of thousands of dollars” associated with enforcing the eviction.
“If we say no to them, then we lose the talent, the entrepreneurship, and humanity of those who love America. Yes, they can go elsewhere, but Arkansas will benefit from their presence,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said.
Relatives of some of the 20 people killed in a 2018 limousine crash in upstate New York have urged action on safety legislation so, they said, other families won’t have to endure the grief they have carried for over a year.
If older people are targets for people’s anger or rage and there are few programs in place to help them, what might this mean?
The all-volunteer Front Line Foundation is laying the groundwork to start funding active shooter trainings for local schools and churches. It also plans to expand the amount of grants for law enforcement training, equipment and death benefits to families.
“Any public citizen would be concerned about this loophole that we exploited,” said attorney Thomas Kurt
Discrimination places a huge and often unseen burden on the country that is experienced in different ways by different groups and in different areas of life
All told, the county’s 21 public defenders handled about 4,100 cases during the most recent fiscal year. Even homicide cases piled up — the roughly 60 pending murder cases are assigned to 10 public defenders.
Storm-related fatalities were reported in Texas due to icy weather, in Alabama from a deadly tornado and in Louisiana, where winds were so strong that a trailer home was lifted off its foundation and carried several hundred feet.
“These are boys and girls that were taken into state custody and then beaten, raped and tortured by state employees whose sole duty was to protect them.”
“I think there is real agreement that the bail reform law needs to be amended,” said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Governors in 42 other states have said they will consent to allowing in more refugees.
“Where do people who are just barely making it go? How about these people who we promised a chance at the American dream?”
There are four vacant homes for every homeless person in Oakland. These women are saying enough.
Telecommunications outages have worsened as wildfires have become more common and more destructive. A report from the California Public Utilities Commission found 85,000 wireless customers and 160,000 wired customers lost service during the 2017 North Bay Fires.
The guidelines will likely fall short of expectations of auto safety advocates and the National Transportation Safety Board. In November, the NTSB condemned a lack of state and federal regulation for testing autonomous vehicles.
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