Santa Monica, California, developed an incident summary report after a shooting incident on June 7, 2013.

As communities are banding together to help those impacted by recent tornados, local governments are looking at their shelter, emergency, and evacuation plans and wondering if their citizens are ready for tornado and hurricane seasons.

In the past, hoarding has been sensationalized, misunderstood, belittled, and degraded.

Perhaps the most important service a local government provides is keeping its residents safe. However, keeping people safe is a job for more than just the police department.

After participating in educational exchange visits with Santa Ana, California, two Salvadoran cities adapted a school-based gang reduction program from Santa Ana and conducted a successful pilot in three schools.