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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“As a first responder, I know first-hand the importance of being prepared, and this decision reflects my commitment to safety...on Election Day,” Gov. Joe Lombardo said
Out in the field, wireless communications and data on building layouts can be critical incident command and officer safety challenges. Cutting edge broadband and cloud-based technologies offer solutions.
An evaluation and tabletop exercises of LA’s primary public health and public safety efforts to reduce violent extremism explored the basic steps and gaps cities may encounter in establishing secondary prevention programs
Grand Rapids police have been unnecessarily dispatched after 911 calls were made due to implicit bias or discrimination. As part of a larger human rights ordinance, the city has made bias crime reporting a civil infraction with penalties up to $500.
An integrated strategy includes cleaning up graffiti, prosecuting vandals, working with the community and decoding threats
FirstNet officials attended individual engagements, workshops and summits with first responders to ensure the roadmap meets responders’ communication needs.
South Bend shares strategies and lessons learned in keeping on track with group violence intervention, improving efforts and creating impact with those at highest risk for violence.
Mass shootings are defined by the number of those that are killed and injured. Find out which were the worst mass shootings of 2018 and the deadliest so far in 2019
Public safety leaders praised their FirstNet transformations, citing reliability, redundancy, cost savings and improved field operations at APCO 2019.
The city worked with New York University School of Law’s Policing Project to create the policy with input from the ACLU-NJ and the local Fraternity of Police
Learn how to reach police officer candidates, conduct training and engage new police recruits with their communities.
After six Philadelphia officers were shot in a crime-related gun battle, Mayor Jim Kenney responds that officer safety is enough cause for local leaders to seek gun control.
South Bend announced numbers for community wide police recruitment efforts that followed a fatal officer involved shooting.
Bridgeport officials encouraged Chief Richard Thode to start the program based on his experience with a past criminal conviction.
Zello announced at APCO 2019 that its push-to-talk mobile app will be free to first responders.
Improve public safety emergency communications by designing P25 systems and bringing stakeholders to the table early so systems are ready when you need them most.
The Washington D.C. Police Department and 19 state entities were using Cisco’s Video Surveillance Manager during the time the known vulnerability went unpatched.
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