The city is handcuffing efforts to negotiate pay raises for police because of an outdated city charter provision that requires wage parity with firefighters, according to a lawsuit filed by the officers’ union Wednesday in St. Louis Circuit Court. The St. Louis Police Officers Association, which represents the majority of the officers, asks that a judge declare invalid a part of the charter requiring that officers and firefighters earn comparable wages.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

PHOTO - Quick thinking by an off-duty firefighter saved some Wampum fire equipment Tuesday night. Assistant Wampum Fire Chief T.J. Edinger was driving home from work at 11:27 p.m. Tuesday when he saw smoke coming from the corner of the Wampum fire station at 709 W. Church St. He discovered the department's squad car, a 2006 Ford Expedition, was burning.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Castle News

Today OnStar celebrates its 20th anniversary by giving $20,000 each to 20 public safety personnel who experienced serious physical injury or hardship that impacted their ability to perform their jobs. OnStar identified the 20 recipients by working with the International Association of Chiefs of Police Foundation (IACPF), Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) – Sunshine Fund, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT).
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

An East Village restaurant owner almost got sliced and diced by a disgruntled ex-employee who attacked him with knives — but a pair of quick-thinking FDNY medical techs saved the day. EMTs Bruce Fonseca, 30, and Ryan Gref, 35, ran into the frightening scene Wednesday around 8:45 p.m. as they responded to a 911 call on 14th St.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Interim D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham says miscommunication led to a delayed police response, as a District firefighter and paramedic struggled with a woman who attacked them with a knife. “The fire department clearly needed some assistance, and that information wasn’t clearly communicated to the (police) officer in the field,” said Newsham, in a WTOP interview.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-AM 1500 Washington