SafeGov
SafeGov focuses on helping local and state government agencies protect their communities by implementing effective safety and security measures. This includes developing strategies for emergency preparedness, law enforcement, public health, and cybersecurity to ensure the well-being of citizens. Government agencies play a crucial role in fostering safe environments through proactive planning and resource allocation. This directory offers articles on SafeGov and related topics like Public Safety, which explores broader initiatives aimed at safeguarding the public from various threats.
The Tupelo Police Department will use the $191,000 grant to purchase a mobile surveillance trailer and more license plate readers
The Thomasville Police Department installed a Flock Safety system in 2022, crediting the technology for its ability to pinpoint and alert officers to the shooting
Chief Michael Lombardo noted that many applicants were ineligible for Trumbull PD roles due to requiring either 60 college credits or two years of military service
The presidents of the AAA, IAFC and NAEMT closed ranks to advocate for EMS needs, and to take them to the national spotlight
Chief Steve Pegram details the possible financial impacts facing fire and EMS departments as well as the goals of the IAFC’s Economic Task Force
All 50 states and Washington, D.C., have declared a state of emergency; compare state actions to reduce the spread of the virus
A roundup of how local parks and recreation departments are helping residents stay both healthy and safe as the pandemic threatens communities
The founder of The Healthy Dispatcher explains why understanding your emotions, and those of others, is so valuable in the 911 call center
COVID-19 is overwhelming the already over-stressed and underfunded emergency medical services system. This is what EMS needs to survive the pandemic
Paramedic, EMS educator shares his personal experience of COVID-19 symptoms, testing and illness
The new law provides for two types of leave for employees impacted by COVID-19
The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations
The Climate Ready Missoula Plan has been drafted over the past two years by local city, county and nonprofit employees.
But if climate change got real in 2019, climate resilience got realer
The U.S. has awarded a $2.3M grant to provide trauma training to high school age children so they can control severe bleeding until first responders arrive.
The Northwest Resiliency Park transforms an asphalt-covered site into a vegetated park filled with amenities for the Hoboken community, while filtering and storing stormwater to alleviate the City’s infrastructure system and adjacent nuisance flooding.
“Each year it gets busier and busier and busier, and 911 calls keep coming in,” Chief Todd Axtel told city council members. “It’s simple math: more people living here, more people visiting here, we’re going to have a higher demand for police services.”
A series of winter storms has dumped several feet of unusual snow on parts of western Washington state. Some communities have been without power for days.
In half of 2019’s homeless homicide cases, the perpetrator was someone also believed to be experiencing homelessness
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