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Lower Merion Township officials increased the qualifying property tax credit to 100 percent
The abandoned Lexington school will provide training for active shooter situations and other emergencies
Prevention, increased demands and community awareness are what the Woodland Fire Department will address over five years
Union president for COs jokes that “everything runs off duct tape and band-aids” in the understaffed prison with failing infrastructure
Deputies found tobacco, meth, fentanyl and a syringe on an inmate returning from furlough
Cambria County Prison, Laurel Highlands Region Police Crisis Intervention Team and the Cambria County Coroner’s Office partner with community college
Editorial board believes sweltering conditions are contributing to a high quit rate among prison guards
Days before starting firefighter training EMT Arnaldo Rodriguez was brought before Chief Michael Gala and ordered to stay home
Firefighting foam entered the public water distribution system during a fatal fire in an apartment building for seniors
Naperville City Council authorized spending to replace their frontline firefighter PPE with PFAS-free outer shells
South Pasadena will lease 20 Teslas for a minimum of five years for various duties such as patrol, administration and detective work
Public Affairs Director Nelly Miles shares communication strategies with Julie Parker in response to the Ahmaud Arbery video
The state’s new law went into effect in April 2021, but because of a two-year implementation period, it didn’t impact people until now
The Cellphone Jamming Reform Act seeks to allow state and federal prisons to use cellphone jamming systems
The grant, which is half of the project, will fund emergency call boxes, improve security cameras and add new fencing mesh
Police departments can reduce active shooter incident response variability – here’s how
“Our high-fidelity program is designed to look very realistic,” said Dr. Nicholas Kman, professor of emergency medicine at Ohio State College of Medicine
Local police and sheriff’s deputies can now refer a substance misuse suspect to a case worker and get that person immediate and long-term help
Michelle Woodfork also laid out what the department is doing to tackle a historic drop in the size of the NOPD’s force
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