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.
Caldwell County officials agreed to spend approximately $88K for the ambulance box as part of a focus on more hands-on training
Mold, leaks and dripping sewage plague Bay City Department of Public Safety’s police and fire facilities
Specialized Assistance For Everyone will run for five years in a pilot program with the Novato Police Department
Governor Greg Abbott has tweeted videos that he calls evidence of the homeless threatening public safety in Texas’ capital city, and urged his nearly 330,000 followers to share more.
Firearm manufacturers and dealers are protected from liability when their products are used to commit crimes, but not when they themselves knowingly violate federal gun laws.
Jeremy Elledge knows that a future where families don’t pass down baggage and where schools understand how to care for hurting students is possible
The National Rifle Association has placed an ad on an interstate billboard in Richmond warning of a “Northam/Bloomberg Confiscation Plan.” The group has a “confiscation” countdown timer linked to the start of the legislative session on its website.
Officials from Ohio’s Summit and Cuyahoga counties allege that pharmacies contributed to the addictions crisis by filling prescriptions for an “excessive volume” of opioids written by doctors and other practitioners.
Surfside is pioneering what appears to be a first of its kind solution for residents in the decades to come: a fund for potential buyouts. The new Resilience Fund houses money from developers with an equal match from the town.
While Lucas led the City Council to pass historic ordinances to limit access to firearms for minors and domestic abusers, 2019 also brought near-record homicides -- 151 -- and more than 480 nonfatal shootings.
The bulk of the borrowing proposal would go toward reducing wildfire risk throughout the state. It also includes money to protect farmland from climate change, bolster the state’s scarce water sources and help coastal communities plan for sea level rise.
The court found him guilty of 136 counts of rape, 13 counts of sexual assault, eight counts of attempted rape and two counts of assault by penetration
Police leaders say witnesses are simply too scared to cooperate. In Kansas City, 70% of people who survive being shot refuse to name their assailant
The need for the training is high. The former chairwoman of the state Human Trafficking Commission said North Carolina is thought to have one of the top rates of human trafficking in the nation.
According to the DOJ, “the link between academic failure and delinquency, violence and crime is welded to reading failure.” Over 70% of inmates in America’s prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level
From Tampa to Philadelphia and San Francisco to New York, protesters carried signs and chanted anti-war slogans.
The nonprofit Blue H.E.L.P. reported 228 officer deaths by suicide this past year.
The destructive cyberattacks on U.S. targets ebbed when Tehran reached a nuclear deal with the Obama administration in 2015. The killing early Friday in Iraq of Quds Force commander Gen. Qassam Soleimani — long after Trump scrapped the nuclear deal — completely alters the equation.
In a statement, the city credited new investments in street outreach efforts, data-driven policing strategies and strengthened community partnerships for the decline in violence to the lowest levels since 2015.
