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.
Essex County plan would shift from county staffing to town-run EMS, using an estimated $2M a year in STR revenue to reimburse 50% of local EMS spending
Great Lakes region ECCs lead adoption of new protocol to guide dispatchers in handling suicidal callers
The “Find My Parking Cops” app scraped data from the city’s parking citation portal; the city changed the way citation data was displayed four hours after the launch
In 2021 lawmakers agreed to spend $1.25 billion on two prisons, but rising labor and construction costs are devouring most of the funding
The Bloomington City Council’s agreement with Stryker will outfit FD vehicles with the latest technology
The multiple phase $77M project includes housing renovations, a new intake and booking facility, and staff locker rooms and meeting facilities
The AskRail program gives dispatchers information on train contents and provides FFs with hazmat training additional chemical details
Speech-to-text technology scans incoming and outgoing calls for the state’s 80,000 inmates with automatic searching for select keywords
The American Rescue Plan funds allocation will provide every CO with a panic button-equipped portable radio
Communities across the country pay tribute with moments of silence, tolling bells, candlelight vigils and other activities
200 COs, who oppose the move, and the 500 inmates they oversee will be relocated from the floating jail to Rikers Island
Funding from the American Rescue Plan is helping Narberth Ambulance replace aging cardiac monitors
The Drug Enforcement Administration will conduct a lengthy review process at the request of President Biden
Union president for COs jokes that “everything runs off duct tape and band-aids” in the understaffed prison with failing infrastructure
The new contract, which requires union and legislature approval, also includes a $1,200 health and wellness stiped in 2023 and 2024
Idalia is expected to make landfall Wednesday bringing storm surge and flooding
Idalia is expected to make landfall Wednesday, bringing storm surges and flooding
Broome County Sheriff says the agreement establishes “clear LGBTI Guidelines, which were previously nonexistent”
Over 100 deaths are confirmed and approximately 1,000 people are unaccounted for in the Lahaina fire