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.
Stanislaus Regional 911 is exploring how to use a CentralSquare CAD system for dispatching Modesto police and fire while letting the Sheriff’s Office use an Oracle system
The $400,000 grant will be used for speeding enforcement, adding DUI checkpoints and targeting distracted drivers
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Josh Hawley have introduced a bill aimed at expanding mental health support for police officers, firefighters and EMTs
By July 14, all hotels will be required to give housekeepers buttons at no cost to the employees. “It happens almost every day,” Maria Melgoza told the city council, referring to sexual harassment.
In half of 2019’s homeless homicide cases, the perpetrator was someone also believed to be experiencing homelessness
Gov. Ralph Northam plans to announce the plans at a news conference Wednesday afternoon because of credible threats of potential violence and extremism.
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Since the beginning of 2014, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has counted 42 dams that have failed.
U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte concluded Trump’s order doesn’t appear to serve the “overall public interest.”
Democratic Sen. John Edwards is one of at least four moderate senators — the others are Sens. Chap Petersen, Creigh Deeds and Lynwood Lewis — who are skeptical of plans to ban assault weapons.
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?
“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
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.
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.
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