Tag: public safety

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Community trust is a firefighter’s greatest asset

Firefighters are society’s first line of defense against natural disasters. When catastrophes...

Is the public safety department model the future of municipal emergency service?

The undeniable fiscal constraints associated with local governance has challenged contemporary...

Modernizing municipal IT infrastructure: A vital defense against cyber threats

This summer, Flint, Mich., became the latest in a growing list of U.S. municipalities to fall...

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Portland mayor tear gassed as tensions mount between protesters, law enforcement and federal agents

Calling the federal troops’ presence a “violent… paramilitary occupation,” City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly introduced legislation to cease any cooperation between local law enforcement and interloping agents. It passed unanimously.

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Portland mayor wants federal troops out of his city

Although they were deployed to help quell protests, the mayor and others are disturbed by what they say are unconstitutional tactics.

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Is defunding the police anti-law enforcement?

Nine months ago, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved a $517 million police operating budget. Now, as protests and demonstrations against police violence sweep the nation, council members are changing course, saying they’re open to defunding the department and reallocating resources to other city departments and services. The Dallas City Council isn’t alone. Across the […]

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Majority of city council commits to disbanding Minneapolis Police Department, replace it with community-based public safety model

At a protest Sunday afternoon, part of the overwhelming national response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, nine of the 12-member Minneapolis City Council voiced their support for disbanding the city’s police department and replacing it with a community-based public safety model. The committed council members […]

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Pressured by protests, Birmingham mayor removes controversial Confederate monument

Cities across the country are experiencing civil unrest as protesters take to the streets, calling for police reform and justice in the killings of George Floyd and other black men and women. Response to these protests has been varied, but several communities are looking for ways to work with the protestors, to listen to their […]

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Mayors working to fight a different invisible threat during the pandemic: domestic abuse

Much has been said in recent weeks about the public health pandemic sweeping through our country. Coined the “invisible enemy” in our midst, COVID-19 has upended nearly every institution and organization in our society, from hospital emergency rooms to our favorite shops on “Main Street.” And while the public health and economic disruptions have been […]

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Miami has seven homicide-free weeks for first time since 1957

Miami had no reported murders for seven weeks — a record it had not hit since 1957. For the seven weeks and six days between Feb. 17 and April 12, Miami police data shows that no reported homicides occurred, according to CBS News. The Magic City hadn’t gone so long without a reported murder since […]

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Scores of NYPD officers call out sick as outbreak rages in city

Nine percent of the New York City Police Department called out sick Wednesday of last week. On Friday, it was 11 percent. On Wednesday, approximately 3,200 officers said they wouldn’t be reporting for duty – about three times as many as usual day, according to Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, the National Review reports. At the […]

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Public safety agencies across the country ‘go pink’ for breast cancer awareness

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Albuquerque, N.M., Police Department (APD) is hoping to raise awareness by going pink. The agency has painted one of its patrol vehicles bright pink – the official color of the awareness movement – and will be cruising the streets to highlight the health issues associated with […]