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.
The National League of Cities report highlights the top challenges and solutions mayors are focusing on
Office of Rural Health found that services with six or fewer members are at high risk of unexpected service outage
Victorville will use the state funds to provide housing solutions and support services for unsheltered individuals
Fueled by money generated through seat belt violation fines, Ohio EMS grants provide funds for training, equipment purchases and trauma research.
The Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Initiative is developing dispatcher mutual aid for disaster response. Practitioners urge thinking ahead on TERT to help public safety agencies get through large-scale disasters.
Technologies that work with existing hardware are available to help agencies of all sizes modernize emergency call centers.
As part of efforts to address terrorism, domestic terrorism and mass casualty incidents, DHS offers an explanatory video and fact sheet on the Pathways to Violence.
Detroit’s Fair Chance Housing Ordinance regulates criminal background checks in tenant screening to provide ex-offenders opportunity for housing.
With calls to 911 coming mostly from wireless callers, the National 911 Program develops a best practices guide for supplemental location data solutions.
The state of Illinois is reviewing a lapse in retrieving the handgun used in a workplace shooting that killed five at the Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora.
Funds from these JAG grants can be used for LEO training, tool and equipment purchases, online training and department accreditation.
Improving trust and efficiency was the top agenda for police leaders at Entrust conference.
Utah lawmakers are considering a bill that would enable DPS to take the next steps to offer mobile driver’s licenses by July 2020.
The National 911 Program is asking public safety practitioners to respond to a survey about communications technologies to helps shape national standards.
The first-ever PowerDMS Entrust Awards celebrated three police departments for modernizing subpoena management, finding high-risk children with autism faster and saving their departments money.
The fast-growing town of Gilbert, Arizona, uses SeeClickFix to streamline service requests, prioritize repair efforts and communicate with citizens
The system will be used by the police department, Richmond City Sheriff’s Office and Virginia Commonwealth University.
A free platform funded by DHS puts school staff and law enforcement officers together in a geospatial training ground to prepare for emergencies.
Santa Clara County offers an opening argument on how loss of data speed hampered wildfire emergency response in net neutrality lawsuit brought against the FCC.
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