City Council

No funding for free smoke detectors, $43.2 million in overtime pay, police drones, paramedic dreams, and homicide trauma reduction.

Fire budget will not cover free smoke detector program.

While the image of city firefighters is of them rescuing residents from raging infernos, Fire Chief Darryl Jones said during a Nov. 20 budget meeting the real work is saving lives before the trucks…

From horses to drones, city police use all available tools.

City police are flying into 2026 with nine new drones, and reaching back to the first days of policing with additional mounted officers.

Emergency Medical Services looks to expand its training academy.

Emergency medical services (EMS) chief Amera Gilchrist said the city could use an in-house paramedic academy.

Health and Safety workers reach out where the police can’t.

As the city tries to solve its fleet crisis, the Office of Community Health and Safety (OCHS) solved its own.