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.
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“We know we’re safer than we’ve ever been before,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said; security measures will include blast barriers, rooftop snipers and over 100 bomb-sniffing dogs
Despite being in use for only a month, the system has already assisted the North Liberty Police Department in multiple cases
Days after the killings in Jersey City, a local school board member there, Joan Terrell-Paige, assailed Jews as “brutes” on Facebook, saying she believed the killers were trying to send a message with the slaughter.
Lawyers for the fire victims have asked the judge to reduce the government agencies’ claims, arguing that the California governor’s office of emergency services can’t recover the costs of carrying out public services such as response to fires.
Keith Thomas Kinnunen visited the congregation several other times this year and was given food but denied money, a move that repeatedly angered him, the church’s minister said.
Several crashes — some fatal — have been blamed on driver inattention linked to overconfidence in the cars’ autopilot systems.
Four thousand people have been stranded at the tiny town of Mallacoota in the state of Victoria, some 300 miles east of Melbourne, since fleeing fires on Tuesday and seeking safety on the beach.
Birmingham firefighter Gary Michael Horsley Jr. says in his lawsuit filed last week that the station has reopened despite safety concerns.
Here’s the rub: If you can view video on an app, it’s possible that a skilled hacker can, too.
While county leaders may have had a duty to protect and warn the community, the courts have held the federal government had the sole legal responsibility
Through partnerships with businesses and other organizations in the community, cities are keeping citizens safe by giving them one less reason to get behind the wheel on New Year’s Eve
Snow wasn’t the only issue during the weekend blast. Freezing rain on Saturday caused nearly 500 crashes on Minnesota roads and caused Metro Transit bus service to shut down in the Twin Cities.
A statement this week from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department points to unspecified improvements in emergency equipment, communications and training.
The Akron Fire Department responds to 90 to 100 overdoses each month, with about 10 percent ending in deaths
Backpacks, chairs and coolers are banned, as well as personal drones. And don’t even think about popping champagne or lifting a Maddog 20/20 to ring in the new year.
All three measures declare that any gun-removal order from another state or a federal court are null and void, and no state or local agency could accept federal grants that require such orders to be enforced.
The Associated Press provides an overview of the new laws set to take effect around the country in regard to electric vehicles, police use-of-force, opioids and more.
“He has no known history of anti-Semitism and was raised in a home which embraced and respected all religions and races,” the family of Grafton Thomas said in a statement late Sunday.
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