USA - murders jumped 11% in 2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/26/violent-crime-is-rising-but-thats-not-the-most-provocative-finding-in-the-fbis-big-new-report/

murders in the USA increased by 11% in 2015 but non violent crimes are down

this doesnt add up

maybe the perps are taking more shooting lessons - maybe the paramedics are doing a poorer job in 2015 - no numbers given regarding the total number of people shot

regarding the first chart - keep in mind that a million immigrants per year were entering the USA thru those years

come to think of it - why the heck does the number of murders bounce up and down from year to year - thats weird

Excess salt kills 1.7 million people per year

http://www.who.int/elena/healthy_diet_fact_sheet_394.pdf?ua=1

see pg 3 of 6

this document from the WHO in 2015 is titled "Healthy Diet"

Info about JonBenet Ramsey case

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jonbenet-ramsey-dna_us_57e01c1be4b08cb140970de6

All Chicago patrol cops will wear bodycams by 2018

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/every-chicago-police-patrol-officer-to-wear-a-body-camera-by-2018-393841551.html

apparently plainsclothes cops wont wear bodycams

Chicken dance from Jackson Hole WY

https://youtu.be/lLUKNWQ5Uuw

a little hilarity from the local law enforcement

Killer of NC cop arrested in Coventry RI

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article101725967.html

Median income in USA rises 5%

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/13/news/economy/median-income-census/index.html

Secret Service followed protocol during Clinton rapid departure

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/11/secret-service-appears-to-have-broken-protocol-with-clintons-early-departure-from-sunday-911-event/?tid=pm_politics_pop_b

Public Safety vs Public Safety Radios

Just thinking outloud

I was thinking about the decline of volunteers in the fire service. I
was trying to figure out how to use "resident" firefighters in fire
stations (people who dont get paid but get free rent). I could not
come up with any good scenarios.

The primary issue with allocating resources for emergency public
safety agencies is the total random need for staffing. An agency can
go 20 to 30 years without ever needing more than 2 or 3 people to
handle an incident. Then, one day, they need 1,000 people to help them
- and fast.

CERT is one way to address this. Fire Explorers and auxiliary police
is another possible solution. But a better solution might be found
with advanced dispatching and radio equipment. We are starting to see
this with the PulsePoint app.

Try this scenario on for size. Every public safety worker is equipped
with a cellphone. Every one is tracked by the CAD system. On duty
staff is alerted to nearby calls. In the suburban and rural areas
there might not be any "on duty" staff. Everyone might be "off duty".
By "off duty" we mean - at home - at school - at the store - at the
movies - etc. But they are still fully trained and experienced. If a
call is received in a suburban or rural area, the CAD system knows who
the closest responders are. The CAD will send alerts to the closest
people (the minimum of people needed to handle the incident). The
closest people will respond - perhaps stopping along the way at a
public safety station to pick up an emergency vehicle.

There might need to be just a few hurdles to accomplish this very simple system.

1. Formation of a nation wide emergency responders service. (yup
combine all 50 states and all police & fire & EMS)

2. Development of a nationwide comms and dispatch system. We already
have the 911 part (and it is being updated as we speak). Everything
else is a mega shambles. LOL.

The primary advantage of this system will be that it will no longer be
necessary to wake up 50 people at 3 AM for a hemorhoid pain call. LOL
again. And the new system might save a few hundred thousand people
every year.

How "growth focused politics" helped build vulnerable homes in Lousiana

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/how-growth-focused-politics-helped-build-vulnerability-in-louisianas-flood-zones/

2012 study of life expectancy for Buffalo NY cops

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734369/pdf/nihms-742459.pdf

Buffalo NY cops die 21 years younger than an average USA male - stress and physical fitness are major issues