Law Enforcement

The Bay Area city is launching a three-year pilot program that would put civilian crisis responders on the streets as a first response to behavioral health emergencies.

The facility would let Plano officers train on-site rather than borrowing outside ranges, as departments statewide report staffing shortfalls of 15-25%.

A small city that has doubled in population over a decade is constructing a modern public safety hub to replace infrastructure built for a fraction of its current size.

Pennsylvania Act 53 of 2025 cleared new agencies to deploy cameras statewide, but Philadelphia's mid-rollout hardware cycle is doing almost all the buying right now.

A tenth fire station would expand emergency coverage across a city where geographic sprawl has stretched response times thin.

Thousands of rape kits collected since 2018 could yield DNA evidence and new leads in cold cases under a state grant program open to Maryland police agencies.