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.
More cities have joined the East County EMS Nurse Navigation Program since its launch last year
States United Democracy Center, a non-partisan organization, discussed priorities for law enforcement during election season
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ATF and BJA awarded grants to seven local government entities to enhance forensics ballistics under the national Crime Gun Intelligence Center initiative.
State and local agencies will receive ballistics equipment used by the ATF and get violent crime investigative leads within 48 hours.
Device-based location information is now available from many popular smartphones so PSAPs can pinpoint the location of a 911 wireless caller.
Search and rescue and recovery for Bay County residents, businesses and municipal services is challenged by power outages after Hurricane Michael.
Learn how a digital self-assessment tool being designed for PSAPs will assist with NG911 readiness and get best practices tips and resources for achieving interoperability.
The new Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA) makes changes to how local governments will fund disaster mitigation and respond in a crisis.
Sustainability
The technical assistance grant will assist the state with establishing compost programs at numerous rural correctional facilities located near farms.
A ransomware attack crippled the city of Atlanta. The following eight actions, including prevention, can help cities prepare for cyber crime.
Mayors from Gary, Indiana, Huntington, West Virginia, and Knoxville, Tennessee, ask lawmakers for more federal funding for opioids at the local level. Get the new NLC/NACO whitepaper on best practices to address the crisis.
Up-to-date aerial images delivered by the cloud can enhance 911 mapping systems through geocoding with GIS tools.
Prepare for crisis response in three steps with crisis strategist Melissa Agnes. Learn how Mountain View Police and others built trust that carried them through the crisis
It’s imperative that first responders learn what happened after the shooting began in the worst mass-shooting event in U.S. history, practice and prepare.
Learn about work space escape, defense and medical treatment strategies taught in active shooter training.
An ICMA 2018 session on opioid interventions shared rural, urban and regional diversion program information and offered key takeaways about the role of data.
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