Safety

Public safety gets boost in Michigan budget plan

9 Feb 2012

Michigan's depleted law enforcement ranks would get a financial boost with a budget plan laid out Thursday by Gov. Rick Snyder, an attempt at reversing steady declines in officer numbers over the past ...

Safety Board issues yet another warning about deadly post-crash fires in planes

9 Feb 2012

VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board has used its report into a horrific, deadly plane crash next to a busy Vancouver-area road to sound alarm bells again over Transport Canada's refusal to respond to six-year-old recommendations the board believes could help save lives when downed aircraft burst into flames.

House bill delays rail safety mandate

9 Feb 2012

A long-sought safety feature that Congress required after a deadly 2008 rail crash would be delayed for five years under legislation that the House is expected to take up next week.