Safety of Citizens

By Deb Acord CTW Features Worried about your teen driver? Phone apps offer a new frontier for driver learning, feedback and supervision. Check them out Driver Feedback from State Farm Insurance uses the iPhone's accelerometer to grade a driver's ability...

SEATTLE Terrence Williams, who has played the past four seasons in the NBA, wore shackles and a red jail jump suit Monday as he stood before a judge in a courtroom at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center. After reading the certificate of probable...

UPDATED with information from BSO The first details of the new Broward County sheriff's budget have emerged: He's asking for a $93.7  million increase in spending, or 14 percent more than was approved last year. To put the number into context, it's...

A red dot shines on the target. The trigger is pulled, sounding a single "pop." Instantaneously, a weapon is placed into action. Wires with barbed probes replace a bullet as electricity surges with repetitious snaps. Upon contact with skin, those...

Coral Springs has decided to use new technology for its public safety radio system. At a recent city commission workshop, there was consensus among officials that it would be too risky to carry on with the current 15-year-old system. The city will follow...

Two bills approved this year by the Legislature are Hawaii's first steps toward handling medical marijuana as a health issue rather than a law enforcement problem. Although Hawaii was the first state to pass legislation approving the use of medicinal...

Anhydrous Ammonia Storage Facilities A massive explosion last month at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that killed 15 people and injured 200 more also heightened awareness of hazardous farm chemicals and how they are stored. Ammonium nitrate, which...

A proposal to add a $5 surcharge to homeowners and auto insurance policies to support police and fire pensions failed to make it through the Minnesota Legislature, but lawmakers instead are considering allocating $15.5 million annually from the state's...

The Modesto City Council will start its deliberations today on Mayor Garrad Marsh's budget proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year, which starts July 1. Marsh's budget focuses on public safety, directing nearly all of the city's expected revenue growth...

Because of complaints from food-truck owners about Columbus' plan to regulate the popular mobile restaurants, public-safety officials are delaying the start of the program and considering more changes. Truck owners say the 18 to 20 metered parking spots...

A 37-year-old North Branch man died at a Hugo bar Sunday, May 19, the Washington County sheriff's office said. The medical call came at 2 p.m. to Blue Heron Grill. The man was identified as Chris Bragelman, according to KMSP-TV. Bragelman was a Lino...

Phil Andrew knows what it's like to negotiate with insanity. On May 20, 1988, he and his mother were in their kitchen in Winnetka when Laurie Dann burst in, a gun with each hand, and told them they were hostages. She was wearing a trash bag around her...