Public Safety

Registry Alerting Police Officers To Drivers Who May Be Unable To Communicate Passes New Mexico House

Rep. Liz Thomson

STATE News:

Santa Fe  — Law enforcement officers in New Mexico will be informed in advance if they are approaching a vehicle where the driver or occupant may be unable to communicate with them, under new legislation passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday.  

Sponsored by Rep. Liz Thomson (D-Albuquerque), House Bill 223 creates a statewide “non-traditional communication or disability registry,” allowing law enforcement officers to identify vehicles that may be driven or occupied by someone with a condition or disability that may make them unable to communicate or

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Change Your Clock, Check Your Alarms This Weekend

LAFD News:

It is that time again. Change your clocks Saturday night, setting them forward one hour for Daylight Saving Time.

Remember to take a few extra minutes to check your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

Smoke alarms are a key part of a home fire escape plan.

When there is a fire, smoke spreads fast. Working smoke alarms give you early warning so you can get outside quickly.

The National Fire Protection Association reports that 71 percent of smoke alarms that failed to operate had missing, disconnected or dead batteries.

Smoke Alarms Safety Tips

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Rotary: Jim Hall On 1965 Historic Civil Rights March

Jim Hall

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club Of Los Alamos

“We still haven’t achieved our goal,” reflected local leader Jim Hall as he addressed the Rotary Club of Los Alamos March 2 via Zoom.

Hall spoke in commemoration of the 56th anniversary of the historic 1965 civil rights marches that led supporters from Selma, Ala. to Montgomery, the state capital.

Hall, whose father was a Presbyterian minister in Arlington, Texas, remarked that he has been “involved in civil rights since childhood.” By the time Hall was a college student at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., there was increasing Read More

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