A group of seven Republican state lawmakers proposed legislation Wednesday that would allow school districts to use education funds to train teachers, administrators and janitors to use guns so they can protect campuses from violent intruders.
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President Obama enlisted selected law enforcement leaders Monday to keep the political pressure on Congress to pass new gun-control legislation as a response to three public shootings.
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Disabled federal agents face severe and unwarranted reductions to their Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) benefits should Title III of S. 1789, the "21st Century Postal Service Act," become law.
Read More →The legislation, filed by Sen. Pete Miller (R-Ind.), would set aside $10 million for the Indiana Safe School Fund that could be leveraged by local school corporations to hire trained law enforcement officers as school resource officers (SROs).
Read More →Metro Emergency Operations Center (Metro 911) in Kanawha County, W.Va., is implementing New World Systems' Aegis computer-aided dispatch (CAD) solution to improve emergency response through integrated mapping and automated dispatch tools.
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The Scottsdale (Ariz.) PD's Rapid Response Team was established with three squads of officers, plus supervisors and logistics support. Now it totals 40 officers, all trained in the latest crowd control techniques developed by FEMA's Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Ala.
Read More →A Plano (Texas) Police officer tucked a $100 bill into a citation, after a motorist with expired tags told him he chose to feed his family rather than pay his vehicle registration fee.
Read More →The Dodge County (Wis.) Sheriff's Office will begin using New World Systems' suite of Aegis Public Safety solutions to improve dispatching and access to information for the county's 21 public safety agencies.
Read More →New World Systems' Aegis Decision Support and Dashboards has been named a "2012 Hot Product" by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and Public Safety Communications (PSC) magazine.
Read More →Michigan's Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation targeting "swatting," where pranksters make 911 calls that result in tactical units responding to fake emergencies.
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