Public Safety

Scenes From Safety Town Underway At Mountain School

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Los Alamos Police Sgt. Jordan Redmond instructs kindergarteners in ways to manage anger as part of this week’s Safety Town program underway until noon today at Mountain Elementary School. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
LAPD Sgt. Jordan Redmond also shares a video on managing anger featuring McGruff the Crime Dog. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Cpl. Robert Stephens organizes a trip to Safety Town, where the students are taught how to follow traffic lights, stop signs, and how to get to their destination safely. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
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Global Samples From Nuclear Contamination Sites Reveal Unpredicted Uranium And Plutonium Behavior

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Workers on a cleanup site at DOE’s Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State, one of several sites sampled for uranium and plutonium variations. Courtesy/DOE

LANL News:

  • Los Alamos Analysis Shows Elements Not Acting In Nature As Previously Modeled

Knowing how a chemical in soil reacts and transforms over time in response to neighboring elements, weather and heat is essential in determining whether that chemical is hazardous.

This is especially important when that chemical is radioactive.

In a collaborative, international effort led by Los Alamos National Laboratory, researchers Read More

AG’s Anti-Money Laundering Unit Prosecutes Racketeer And Wins $100,000 In Restitution For Victims

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John Meister booking photo. Courtesy/OAG

OAG News:

ALBUQUERQUE – The Anti-Money Laundering Unit of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has successfully prosecuted John Meister of New Mexico, resulting in $100,000 in restitution to victims.

The OAG Anti-Money Laundering Unit’s criminal investigation proved that Meister devised a scam to mislead two victims into bogus investment schemes while he was working for FedEx in 2013-2014.

Bernalillo County District Court has scheduled sentencing for Aug. 26, 2015 and the OAG can argue for the maximum sentence of seven years of incarceration Read More

Rotarians Learn About CYFD From Senior Investigator

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During Tuesday’s Rotary meeting at the Los Alamos Golf Course, CYFD Investigation Senior Worker for Rio Arriba and Los Alamos County Patricia Tierney informs the Club on how CYFD operates. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Rotarian Tom Tierney introduces his sister CYFD Investigator Patricia Tierney during Tuesday’s Rotary meeting. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Rotary Club of Los Alamos members were educated Tuesday about the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD).

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Udall, Heinrich Introduce Bill To Improve Health Of Border Communities, Strengthen National Security

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced Friday that they have introduced a bill to improve the health and economies of border communities and strengthen national security.

The Border Health Security Act of 2015 would strengthen binational collaboration to address border health issues, and establish grant programs to improve public health infrastructure and infectious disease monitoring.

Many residents of New Mexico’s border communities face unique public health challenges, due to a high volume of cross-border traffic, distances

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Project Heart Start Offers Free CPR Training June 20

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PHS-NM News:

Project Heart Start of New Mexico will be offering free hands-only CPR training at 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 20 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos.

The 6th annual Project Heart Start Day in New Mexico will include free 40-minute CPR classes at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. with training that includes recognizing heart attack signs, performing compression CPR, using an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) and saving choking victims.

Los Alamos area residents of all ages are encouraged to attend and learn how to save lives.  

“CPR-trained individuals find that their training Read More

Nearly $1.3 Million In Wildfire Prevention Funds OK’d For Valles Caldera And Santa Clara Pueblo

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U.S. SENATE News:

  • Funding from new program to help treat vulnerable forests, build resilience to prevent damage from future fires

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich welcomed news Friday that Valles Caldera National Preserve and Santa Clara Pueblo will receive funding under a new national program aimed at restoring the health and fire resilience of iconic landscapes.

Valles Caldera will receive $883,000 to improve the resilience of ecosystems to wildfires and other natural disturbances to better sustain healthy forests and watersheds for future generations. Read More

LANL Partners With American Red Cross On Smoke Alarm Installations

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Debbi Wersonick, center, of LANL’s Community Programs Office speaks Friday with Clare Ryan of the American Red Cross and Dan Shields of Los Alamos’ Weapons Physics Group, a volunteer installer. Courtesy/LANL
 
LANL News:
 
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Vecinos Volunteer Match program partnered with the American Red Cross to install smoke alarms in residences Friday.
 
Nearly a dozen Lab employees installed more than 30 smoke alarms in Tsikamu Park, a 55-and-over residential community that recently witnessed a fire that resulted in injuries
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Governor Appoints Los Alamos Sheriff Marco Lucero To State Search And Rescue Review Board

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Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero to the State Search and Rescue Review Board.

Lucero has been a law enforcement officer since 1988, he attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and is serving his second term as sheriff of Los Alamos County.

When the Search and Rescue Act was put into law in 1978, the Act created the New Mexico Search and Rescue Review Board. A Governor-appointed board that evaluates the operation of the New Mexico Search and Read More

Balderas Takes Over The Reins Of The Law Enforcement Academy Board

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New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

 

Analysis By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

ESPAÑOLA — Meeting at Northern New Mexico College Tuesday, a little-known governing board with many pressing responsibilities in the state, found itself in new political territory.

It was the first meeting of the year for the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Board and, therefore, the first occasion for newly elected Attorney General Hector Balderas, a Democrat, to hold the gavel as the ex-officio chairman.

A few minutes into Tuesday’s Read More