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The global pandemic changed consumer perceptions about life insurance. And with September being Life Insurance Awareness Month, it serves as a time to help consumers understand the importance of life insurance and how it can help protect a family’s financial future.
Read moreThe Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) announced yesterday it is using approximately $8 million in federal relief to strengthen school leadership and teacher retention in the state. The three-year initiative starts this school year and includes five specialized programs.
Read moreOklahoma City Indian Clinic (OKCIC), a 501(c) (3) nonprofit clinic providing health and wellness services to American Indians in central Oklahoma, encourages patients to engage in suicide prevention.
Read moreThe Department of Justice recently announced the launch of the first phase of its Body-Worn Camera Program that requires department law enforcement personnel use body-worn cameras (BWCs) during preplanned law enforcement operations. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Phoenix and Detroit Field Divisions began using BWCs today during these pre-planned operations. Over the course of the next several weeks, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) will begin the first phase of their BWC programs. The department’s plans include a phased implementation of BWCs, and rely upon Congress to secure the necessary funding to equip agents nationwide with BWCs.
Read moreState Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, has been reappointed as commissioner of a national law enforcement organization aimed at improving public safety. The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., (CALEA), was created in 1979 as a credentialing authority through the joint efforts of law enforcement’s major executive associations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the National Sheriffs’ Association and the Police Executive Research Forum.
Read moreThe Seminole County Board of Commissioners spent much of their Sept. 7 meeting considering proposed options for a potential courthouse project.
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