Iowa City and Johnson County are participating in a 15-month pilot program aiming to train existing mobile crisis support services in the area in field mediation and redirect nonviolent, nonemergency ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The use of drones could soon benefit the Knoxville Police Department if the city council approves the Drones as First Responders program. The program would be an addition to ...

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A controversial home care program is emerging as an early point of contention in this year’s governor’s race. Candidates in both parties are beating the drum on New York’s Consumer Directed Personal ...

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) – The Warwick Police Department is getting a software upgrade that will help them respond to mental health calls. The department’s new “MyCare” telehealth program will let ...

Things are getting crazy down in Baton Rouge, and not the fun kind. Lane Kiffin has been drumming up drama in Louisiana since he bailed from Oxford to become the new LSU head coach, and every day ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Williamson County commissioners have renewed a 911 dispatch diversion agreement aimed at helping first responders’ handling of mental health-related calls in ...

Before Penn State hired Matt Campbell as their next coach, the school was involved in a tenuous coaching search that appeared grim at times. Despite being one of the first programs to fire their head ...

The Denver Police Department is crediting a new drone program with helping reduce wait times and making its response to emergency calls more effective. The pilot program using Drone as First Responder ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — After over four years of talks, Ann Arbor now has a model for an unarmed response program that could launch in 2026, using social workers instead of police to handle 911 calls such as ...

A push is growing in Massachusetts for reforms to a program that provides inmates with unlimited, free phone calls, an initiative that put Bay State taxpayers on the hook for about $12.5 million last ...

A new state audit is highlighting concerns with how Michigan runs a childcare assistance program for low-income residents. The report covers an 18-month period from October 2022 through March of last ...