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Last year we reported about a police chief betting his officers to lose weight. That bet caused his agency a major budget shortfall. This year the chief has lost a second fitness bet costing his agency again.

Provisions in Obamacare will make getting approved for an organ transplant much easier. Unfortunately the supply of organs is still very low. So in an effort to get more organs harvested, Paramedics will be trained to accomplish the task, on scene.

For months NY’s Medics and Firefighters have complained about drug shortages. Always just enough to get though the day, they would come close to running out weekly. It seemed just in the nick of time we would get restocked. Well, ...

HIPAA has become a hot button topic for many in public safety. Which now has caused dispatchers to be in the crosshairs of the so-called HIPPA Police.

Last Wednesday the Town of Chester, NY reportedly “Fired” its volunteer EMTs. But in less than a week the town of Chester realized due to their contract with a private EMS provider they could face a major budget shortfall.

While other states are taking a stance to stop 911 abuse by giving fines and arresting abusers, New York is trying something else. New York is now rewarding abusers with dinners, free theater tickets, to encourage 911 calls as a source of revenue.

Casual Dress Fridays are a day many professionals look forward to. Most of these days go without incident, however a recent Casual Dress Friday turned to disaster for one crew of EMTs and Paramedics.

Just after New Years the Johnson County 911 center added Desks that had treadmills attached. Problem is in the hot communications center all that walking is causing lots of perspiration and thus body odor issues.

The 2014 Shot Show kicked off yesterday. This year has been a bane for Las Vegas dispatchers. Civilians all around the Sands Expo center keep calling 911 to report people with guns.

The winners of the $400 million dollar Powerball lottery in September who whished to remain anonymous have been revealed to CalltheCops. This revelation comes after a major feud broke out among the winners, a group of firefighters all on the same shift.