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U.S. Senator Chris Coons Selected as Honorary Chairman of the CVVFA Emergency Responder Safety Institute
U.S. Senator Chris Coons has been selected to serve as the honorary chair of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association's Emergency Responder Safety Institute, which serves as an advisory group committed to reducing death and injuries to emergency responders operating on the highways helping others.
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Grand Rapids, MI Fire Department Unveils Highway Safety Unit
After three accidents over eight months involving fire trucks, Grand Rapids has a new tool to keep its first responders safe. The department converted a dump truck into a response vehicle to be used on area freeways.
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United Kingdom: Flying Squad: Car Thief Caught By Patrol Constable He Hit
A man has been jailed after being chased by a police officer he had run over in a stolen car just moments before. The policeman who had been knocked down by the driver in a stolen car jumped straight back up, raced after the fleeing man and stopped him with a taser gun.
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Drunken Driver Nearly Hits Wisconsin Deputy
A drunken driver nearly struck a Grant County sheriff's deputy along a highway early Sunday morning, the Grant County Sheriff's Office said.
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Indiana Woman Gets Home Detention in Greenfield Officer's Hit-and-Run Death
The woman who struck and killed a police officer riding a bicycle on an Indiana highway will not go to prison. A judge sentenced Sue Ann Vanderbeck, an Indianapolis nurse, to four years home detention for the hit-and-run that killed Greenfield Police Officer Will Phillips.