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People accused of low-level, non-violent crimes will be redirected away from jails. The County Board of Supervisors approved this major shift in direction with the Alternatives to Incarceration plan.
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County Fire, CAL FIRE, County Emergency Medical Services, and Rady Children`s Hospital thank all Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians for the work they do protecting children from harm and delivering them safely to receive help in an emergency.
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The San Diego County Fire Protection District is giving out more than 400 pool alarms to help prevent drownings as part of Health and Safe Swimming Week (May 22 through 28). The alarms can offer notification when a child or pet falls into a pool. The alarms will be available to households in the San Diego County or Deer Springs Fire Protection Districts.
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The Recess with Rover program is a partnership with Cajon Park School and Momentum Tutoring. The program is designed to bring joy to the school while providing opportunities for students to learn from experts about interacting with dogs, keeping dogs healthy, and learning about service dog college.
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The Vera Institute of Justice and the Office of Youth and Community Restoration awarded the San Diego County Probation Department a $125,000 grant. The grant is part of the Ending Girls’ Incarceration initiative. It will include technical assistance from the Vera Institute of Justice to help improve programming, collect data, and close policy gaps for girls and gender-expansive youth.
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The County wants to hear from you on a new report with recommendations for programs and services to redirect people contacted for low level charges away from jails when there is not a threat to public safety. A virtual community listening session on the report will take place on May 4, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. […]
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A new ambulance with its crew and services added by the San Diego County Fire Protection District and CAL FIRE is seeing a great deal of use. County Fire accepted the transfer of responsibility for fire protection and emergency medical services in Ramona last August. The change brought a third fire department paramedic ambulance and additional firefighter staffing enhancements to the Ramona service area.
