By Riley BoardPortland Press HeraldWASHINGTON — Maine teachers, firefighters and other public sector employees could benefit from a bill that the U.S. Senate advanced on a 73-27 vote Wednesday, signaling that that the legislation co-sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine could pass before the...
PRESS RELEASESTATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Mission Critical Partners has been engaged by the city of Columbus, Ohio, to conduct comprehensive assessments of its various approaches and capabilities for responding to events that are outside the realm of traditional law-enforcement, fire/rescue, and emergency-medical incidents. Examples include...
PRESS RELEASEBASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Throughout 2024, public safety agencies across the nation responded to everything from severe weather events such as tornadoes and hurricanes to devastating wildfires and more, under some of the most austere conditions imaginable. During this challenging year, the Verizon Frontline...
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office provided new details about the fatal shooting of Sgt. Elio Diaz, who was killed during a traffic stop on Dec. 1. Diaz stopped a white pickup truck at a Chevron gas station in Port Charlotte after...
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — A St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputy and another motorist were hospitalized after a crash that severely damaged a department pickup truck, WPTV reported. ...
By Susan Haigh Associated PressWEST HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut police officer who fatally shot a man as he tried to flee in a stolen vehicle while being subdued by a K-9 was justified in using deadly force, according to a report issued Thursday by...
By Kate LindermanMerced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)BAY CITY, Mich. — A 1-year-old in a locked car sat on his father’s lap as the 23-year-old refused to surrender to officers saying he was under arrest, Michigan video shows.Newly released body camera footage of the Dec. 11 incident...
By Brad Devereauxmlive.comKALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. — The Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority is now using an artificial intelligence (AI) system to respond to some calls that come in through a non-emergency line.The calls will now be processed by Ava, the dispatch center’s new virtual assistant....
PRESS RELEASECEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Collective Data, a leading provider of fleet and asset management software solutions for government agencies, has been awarded a Sourcewell cooperative purchasing contract. This milestone strengthens Collective Data’s ability to provide public agencies with innovative, efficient tools for managing their...
By Police1 StaffCHANDLER, Ariz. — The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a VirTra V-100 training simulator as part of the Taskforce Santa project, a joint effort between VirTra and the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST). The initiative...