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.
Hawaiian Electric President Shelee Kimura acknowledged the company’s downed power line cause the first fire
Fires are not uncommon as smoke detectors, sprinklers are lacking inside the Men’s Central Jail
Mayor Justin Bibb’s “Residents First” program will overhaul 23 codes and allow the city to issue tickets, fines
City leaders have a greater capacity to create real, tangible changes in policing than the federal government will ever have
Philadelphia, the nation’s fifth largest city, offers a bigger area for protests than Cleveland for the second of the two 2016 national political convention.
Sustainability
A Chesapeake, Va., prison is using solar energy to preheat groundwater and reduce prison energy costs in kitchens and bathrooms.
From tourism to public health and community policing, Pokemon GO and augmented reality apps can give cities an opportunity to engage citizens.
Dallas announces onsite investigation details.
PoliceView, a tool created with open data, allows citizens of Johns Creek, Ga., to get their questions involving the police department’s work answered.
Many municipalities are pressured by shrinking budgets, how can leaders do more with less for EMS? Learn about the issues and how to proceed with expert intel.
After negotiations failed, the Dallas Police Department uses a robot with explosives to stop a sniper targeting police officers at July 7th protests.
Sustainability
The green ambulance functions without having to idle its engine, which will significantly decrease emissions and air pollution.
Mass shootings call attention to the limited ability to text 911. Senators and others take up the charge to implement more text dispatch systems.
The city’s auto burglaries rate is a hot point in the debate over Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed statewide prison reform that would reduce some nonviolent crimes to misdemeanors.
Four to eight nonemergency calls per year will result in a $25 fee for each firetruck, ambulance or other emergency vehicle, Bangor, Maine, has decided.
The city’s pilot SOBER Unit could reduce alcoholics’ 911 overuse and would increase services from L.A. Homeless Services Authority.
How can firefighters, police departments and paramedics address diversity acceptance within their own ranks and manage handling hate crimes?
New Colorado community paramedicine programs law protects patients and ensures programs are staffed with educated and competent paramedics.
Civic leaders in Massachusetts address storage, cost, search and privacy issues and unanswered questions associated with law enforcement data
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