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The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has secured $1.7 million in grant money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for continued police patrols.

Terri Brown has been named Chief of Police at Florida State University. 

Mayor of Prairie Village Eric Mikkelson (Kan.) proposed an ordinance that would restrict the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. 

Hurricane season is here, and business leaders are once again asking themselves: Is my company prepared? Often, the answer is “no.” 

NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo advanced a first-in-the-nation domestic terrorism law to include mass violence motivated by hate.

Global economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the first half of 2019 amounted to $44 billion, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma estimates.

The University of Utah will hire a chief safety officer and will invest $1 million in campus safety initiatives.

Gov. Tony Evers, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, Attorney General Josh Kaul, Rep. Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) and Sen. LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee) announce LRB-3949, a bill that aims to require background checks for those purchasing or transferring firearms.

The Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Ranking Member Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) issued a subpoena to Jim Watkins, the owner of the website 8chan, for testimony related to the Committee’s ongoing oversight work on countering extremist content on social media platforms

Texas Governor Greg Abbott formed a Domestic Terrorism Task Force in the wake of the El Paso shooting to combat these hateful acts and extremism in the state.