Public Safety
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A sharp increase in federal-local partnerships could reshape local policing across the country.
State officials say federal agents violated Minnesota law, blocked investigators and left a crime scene unsecured, deepening a rift with the Trump administration.
Rising use of force by federal agents is testing the limits of state authority and civil rights protections.
A statewide strike aims to halt normal economic activity in response to recent enforcement actions and a fatal shooting.
Progress is slow and uneven a year after the Eaton Fire. The wealthy and the well-insured are faring the best.
This isn’t the first time the president has threatened to invoke the act giving him broad power to deploy the military on U.S. soil.
An investigation has revealed that many of these deaths — whether the result of withdrawal, chronic medical conditions or mental health complications — could have been prevented.
Firefighters are adopting new equipment and approaches to better protect against toxic smoke and soot.
The fatal shooting of a woman by a federal ICE agent has renewed scrutiny of long-standing rules that sharply limit when officers may fire at moving vehicles.
Officials have pledged faster permitting and infrastructure fixes, but residents point to broken promises after earlier wildfires.
Rather than acting as substitute police, guard medics could help save lives by backing up strained local emergency responders. It’s not unprecedented.
DHS is using federal funds to reimburse local police who partner with ICE, a policy that could reshape law enforcement in rural communities with limited staffing and resources.
From heat-risk task forces to flood and wildfire planning, states are broadening their approaches to disaster preparedness.
As the city weighs renewing its multimillion-dollar ShotSpotter contract, officials acknowledge they can’t verify sensor locations, raising oversight and transparency concerns.
A new state audit finds vacancy rates above 30 percent despite hundreds of millions spent on salaries, bonuses and contract labor.
They argue the devices infringe on the privacy of drivers who have not violated any laws.
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