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.
Santa Fe Police used drone footage to locate the suspect and coordinate an arrest on foot within 15 minutes of the initial report
The new law eliminates provisions that reduced benefits for retired first responders and other public servants, offering retroactive and future payment increases
Access targeted strategies to mitigate vehicle-borne attacks
An electrical engineering professor at Texas A&M University has created a tool that detects variations in electrical currents caused by deteriorating conditions or equipment and notifies utility operators so they can send a crew to fix the problems.
For the cities of San Diego and Chula Vista, Calif., the goal is to walk away from the initiative with a five-year strategic plan that will help mitigate the cost of living, improve access to childcare, address food and housing insecurity, and create a workforce pipeline for the region.
Community land trusts separate ownership of structures and the land beneath it — residents purchase the home while the land trust owns the land and leases it back for a monthly fee
Patrick Peterson of AutoDetective explores the hurdles and benefits of autonomous vehicles in fleet management and law enforcement, from acquisition to maintenance, data security and offsetting expenses.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, said the two shootings reinforced the need to identify troubled students and get them the mental health services they need to prevent violence before it occurs.
Kansas City (Mo.) Police Department has partnered with local non-profit Giving the Basics to provide much-needed and hard-to-afford hygiene items to those in need
The lawsuit in New York began as a challenge to the city’s prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun outside the city limits, either to a shooting range or a second home.
Since Jan. 1, 1993, there have been 212 weather disasters that have cost the United States $1.45 trillion and killed more than 10,000 people
The large-scale training exercise simulated a 7.7 magnitude earthquake centered along the southwest segment of the New Madrid Seismic Zone near Memphis, Tennessee, incorporating a number of response and recovery missions.
If the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam is removed, water levels could be lower than the intakes local governments and industries use to withdraw water from the Savannah River. It also would make recreation less attractive along a river where dozens of affluent homeowners maintain docks
In several major sugar-producing countries such as Brazil, the practice of burning sugar cane fields at harvest time is being phased out due to health concerns. The fires can produce sooty plumes of smoke that hover over the surrounding communities and dust the area with burnt flakes of plant matter.
Despite catastrophically dangerous conditions in the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex, which led to the deaths of two residents earlier this year, Columbia Housing Authority will not face charges.
The explosions began early Wednesday morning and blew out windows and doors of nearby homes. Three workers were injured.
Valencia Newcomer School is among a handful of U.S. public schools dedicated to helping some of the thousands of children who arrive in the country each year. The schools aren’t necessarily in cities with more refugees, but where local education officials took the initiative to create them.
Forty-six percent of Florida midterm voters said they were very concerned about climate change. Among Florida independents, 51% expressed great concern, slightly higher than independents nationally.
While fire-deterring sprinkler systems are now mandated by law in high-rise construction, older buildings like Cedar High Apartments are not required to improve their fire protection unless there is substantial remodeling or a change in the type of occupancy.
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