By DERRICK PERKINS Daily Inter Lake | October 9, 2023 12:00 AM Kalispell City Council on Monday is expected to review options for a potential emergency responder levy that could go before voters in a special election next year. Discussion of a possible levy emerged in later summer following independent audits of the city’s Fire and Police departments.…
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Saving Those Who Save Others: The Battle Against Suicide in Public Safety
Addressing the alarming mental health challenges and elevated suicide rates among first responders and public safety personnel, and learning how to help. by Tom Wieczorek | Oct 01, 2023 | PM MAGAZINE – ARTICLE The last few years have been eventful to say the least. Social unrest. Mass shootings. A financial meltdown. A pandemic that…
The EMS Economic and Staffing Crisis Creates an Opportunity for Improved System Design
Using data to evaluate your community’s EMS costs, ambulance staffing levels, and response time expectations to help prevent your EMS systems from collapsing. by Matt Zavadsky | Oct 01, 2023 | PM MAGAZINE – ARTICLE Fifty-five. That’s how many communities lost their ambulance provider in the past two years, according to local and national media reports tracked by…
CPSM’s assessment on Roanoke Police Department recommends improving patrol staffing efficiency
By Isabella Ledonne ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – An assessment on the Roanoke Police Department’s (RPD) public safety operations revealed while the department is providing quality law enforcement services, it may not be allocating and utilizing its resources efficiently. Police departments across the country are facing a serious backlog of Freedom of Information Act requests, and Roanoke…
Kalispell City Council work session focuses on educational campaign for levy request
By: Kate Heston Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont. – Kalispell City Council on Monday began debating launching a campaign to educate residents on the municipality’s public safety needs ahead of a potential levy request. “I think the value of having that unified public education component as we go forward is very important for this process,”…
Assessment reveals “trust issues” and “open dissension” within Roanoke City Police leadership
By Isabella Ledonne ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – An outside assessment of the Roanoke Police Department (RPD) identifies issues with upper management and public reporting. It reveals there is disagreement and division within RPD leadership. The group, Center for Public Safety Management, LLC, (CPSM) came to Roanoke in April 2023 and conducted extensive interviews with employees, observed…
Roanoke Police Department receives more than 100 recommendations to improve public safety operations
By Isabella Ledonne ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – The City of Roanoke has released the findings and recommendations from an outside assessment on the police department. The Center for Public Safety Management (CPSM) gave RPD 145 recommendations to best optimize law enforcement resources. That includes developing new incentives to increase recruitment of officers, encouraging more online reporting…
Majority of ambulance rides out of network
Nearly 60% of ground ambulance rides in 2022 were out of network, according to an analysis by FAIR Health first provided to Axios. The report, “A Window into Utilization and Cost of Ground Ambulance Services: A National Study of Private Healthcare Claims,” sourced its data from a 42 billion private health claims records, showing only…
Montana city council reviews increasing demands on fire, EMS
An independent report from the Center for Public Safety Management recommends making Kalispell’s EMS coordinator a full-time position and increase ambulance staffing. By Kate Heston | Daily Inter Lake | August 31, 2023 KALISPELL, Mont. — Kalispell City Council reviewed Monday a third-party report that found that the city’s fire and emergency medical services are…
Why Pennsylvania paramedics say ‘EMS is dying’
The state budget includes a $20.7 million increase to ambulance reimbursement rates, but EMS agencies say much more is needed. by Gillian McGoldrick | Aug. 30, 2023 HARRISBURG — Emergency medical services are the only first responders that most Pennsylvanians don’t pay toward until they call 911. And EMS agencies are warning that they might not…