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Posted: Nov 2, 2016

Grant County merges emergency planning with sheriff's office

The Grant County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to fold the county’s Department of Emergency Management into the County Sheriff’s Office. The integration of the two offices “will allow for sustained and consistently coordinated operations during emergencies,” according to Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2016 2:09:57 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald
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Posted: Nov 2, 2016

Judge orders New York town to restore fire department ambulance service

The City of Lockport violated the law and its contract with the city firefighters' union by privatizing ambulance service in 2014, a state administrative law judge ruled Monday. Judge Lynn Fitzgerald of the Public Employment Relations Board ordered the city to return the ambulance duties to the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News
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Posted: Nov 2, 2016

Update: SUV driver cited in Boston fire engine crash

A driver has been cited for failing to stop for a fire engine in a domino-effect crash in the Back Bay Monday morning that sent four firefighters to the hospital and damaged numerous parked luxury cars, police said. Witnesses told police the driver of a Chevrolet Equinox failed to stop for the fire engine flashing its lights and sounding its siren in the crash at Dartmouth Street and Commonwealth Avenue Monday.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald
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Posted: Nov 2, 2016

Judge in massive California arson case cites national security reason to withhold evidence

Prosecutors are claiming that a serial arson case in Sacramento federal court has national security implications and, in a highly unusual ruling, a judge is allowing the government to withhold parts of the evidence from defense lawyers. Attorneys on both sides declined Monday to comment publicly, but court papers they have filed outline a dispute over the legality of hiding evidence with no obligation to disclose the reasons to the defense team.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sacramento Bee
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Posted: Nov 2, 2016

Michigan State Trooper: Suspended fire chief admits to child porn

A Michigan State Police trooper testified that suspended Allegan District Fire Chief Matt Gillies admitted to sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl and recording it. During the hearing Tuesday, the trooper affirmed Gillies sexually abused the young girl at his home and recorded it in September. Gillies had a previous foster care relationship with the girl but not at the time of the alleged incident, according to investigators.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
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