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News Articles: Public Safety

A law enforcement officer helps people cross the street at Uvalde Memorial Hospital after a shooting was reported earlier in the day at Robb Elementary School, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school

A father whose fourth-grade daughter was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school and raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders.

May 26, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Georgia State Patrol vehicle

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  • Politics

State lawmakers line up behind bipartisan plan to compensate police suicide survivors

A bipartisan group of Georgia lawmakers is working to get a bill across the Legislature’s finish line that would remove barriers that prevent families of police officers who died by suicide from collecting the same benefits as survivors of officers who die in the line of duty.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Legislature

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  • Politics

Georgia lawmakers face do-or-die Crossover Day on elections, culture wars bills

Tuesday is Crossover Day in the state Legislature, the last day a bill can cross from one chamber to the other. While lawmakers have been known to practice legislative necromancy by grafting dead language onto healthy bills, legislation that does not pass either Georgia’s House or Senate by Crossover Day is typically considered dead for the session.

March 15, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams and
  • Stanley Dunlap
Georgia Department of Corrections Officers at the department's training facility in Forsyth in  2011.

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  • Law

Amended Georgia budget could include big raise for correctional officers

Correctional officers in Georgia prisons could see a significant raise if an amendment to the state budget makes it to the governor’s desk.

March 04, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Downtown Macon at night

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  • News

Deputy Shortage Leaves Downtown Macon Vulnerable To Crime, Leaders Say

The new 'Life at Night' committee is working with law enforcement to create safer downtown streets after dark in Macon.

July 30, 2021
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
The Minneapolis Police Department has been under increased scrutiny by residents and elected officials after the murder of George Floyd in police custody last year.

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  • National

Policing In Minneapolis May Look Different After A Ballot Vote In November

After the murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis leaders pledged to dismantle the city's police department. Residents disagree on what that should look like.

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Mental health counselor Gloria Cissé facilitated the first Macon forum on solutions to violence.

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  • Law

Ahead Of Macon Violence Forum: 'Come Not Looking To Win, But For Solutions'

Mental health counselor Gloria Cissé facilitated the first Macon forum on solutions to violence. She has advice for those attending the second: "Come not looking to win, but to look for solutions that benefit all of us."

July 14, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
This monolith was discovered in rural Utah, but officials do not know its source or reason for being installed.

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  • Strange News

Large Metal Monolith Mysteriously Appears In Remote Region Of Utah's Red Rock Country

Authorities do not know where the object came from or the intent behind it.

November 24, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
Judge Verda Colvin speaking to about 20 children in a Bibb County Courtroom (courtesy Bibb County Sheriff's Office)

Tough Talk By Bibb County Judge Goes Viral

A Bibb County judge's tough-talk to at-risk children has gone viral. As of Friday evening, roughly 150,000 people have viewed the 10-minute discussion...

September 14, 2016
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By:
  • Michael Caputo
Challengers Tim Rivers and Mike Smallwood and incumbent David Davis.

Macon-Bibb Sheriff Candidates Speak

In less than three weeks people will head to the polls. One of the races on the ballot: The sheriff of Macon-Bibb County. David Davis holds that job now...

May 19, 2016
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By:
  • Michael Caputo
An off-duty officer patrolling a Macon neighborhood in 2010, the last time it had paid for extra patrols before this year.

Private Funds Hire Off-Duty Public Patrols

Bill Fickling sat on his front porch in the Ingleside neighborhood of Macon. He pointed beyond the cherry blossom trees, well-known to those who live in...

April 01, 2016
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By:
  • Michael Caputo

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