The Department of Public Safety is a state or local government umbrella agency in the United States which serves to assist the certain agencies in their services by providing administrative, financial, and technical services and support for core public safety functions for some or all of the following:

• Fire and EMS services - includes fire prevention and suppression, all types of rescue services and HAZMAT response.
• Police services - including crime prevention, suppression and investigation, uniformed patrol and response, and operates the Crimestoppers Program.
• Emergency communications - operates the public interface emergency communications telephone system by providing the 9-1-1 and Enhanced 911 emergency telephone numbers.
• OES or Office of Emergency Services - plans for and operates the Emergency Operations Center during calamities, disasters, special events and emergencies.
• Inspections - usually building safety, which includes construction, electrical et al.
• Animal control - This category could also include wildlife officers, game wardens and dog catchers.

In other countries and states, an equivalent might be known as the Ministry of the Interior or Department of Emergency Services. There is no Department of Public Safety at the federal level of the United States, but the closest equivalent is the United States Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for federal emergency services via Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States or (FEMA). It has been suggested that flame be merged into this article or section. ... EMS may stand for: // Organizations Eastern Mountain Sports, an outdoor retailer Edinburgh Mathematical Society Electronic Music Studios (London) Ltd, manufacturers of synthesisers European Monetary System, 1979 European Mathematical Society Science and Engineering Physics and Chemistry Electromagnetic spectrum Ethyl methanesulfonate (or methanesulfonic acid ethyl ester), a mutagen Computer and Engineering Electronics... HAZMAT is an abbreviation of “Hazardous Material”. Hazardous materials are any substances (solids, liquids, or gases) that are dangerous to the well-being of humans, animals, or the environment. ... Crimestoppers or Crime Stoppers, a part of Crime Stoppers International, is the telephone hotline, separate from the emergency telephone number system, which allows a member of the community to provide anonymous information about criminal activity. ... Most emergency vehicles in the US and Canada display Emergency 911 9-1-1 (nine-one-one) is the emergency telephone number for the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and make it easier to understand, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Many countries public telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number, sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or occasionally the emergency services number, that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. ... New FEMA seal The Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA is a government agency in the United States which is organized under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate. ... This page includes English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations such as . ... An animal control officer (also, more informally: dog catcher or dog warden or ) is an employee of, or a contractor to, a municipality, charged with catching stray or loose dogs, cats, and sometimes other animals, and bringing them to a compound or animal shelter, where the animals are held for... In the United States, a game warden is often a state or local official responsible for enforcing environmental protections laws. ... A dog catcher (or dog warden or animal control officer) is an employee of, or a contractor to, a municipality, charged with catching stray or loose dogs, cats, and sometimes other animals, and bringing them to a compound or animal shelter, where the animals are held for a certain time... The Interior Minister is a member of a Cabinet in a Government. ... The Department of Emergency Services is a government department that deals with natural disaster and terrorism within the country. ... The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the Federal Government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the United States from terrorist attack and responding to natural disasters. ...

State level

In state governments in the United States, the DPS is usually a law enforcement agency synonymous with the state police. At local and special district levels, they may be all-encompassing. Examples of states having these include Texas, Minnesota, Tennessee, Arizona, Alabama, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. For the band, see The Police. ... // United States See also: List of U.S. state law enforcement agencies In the United States, state police are a police body unique to each U.S. state, having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations. ... Generally a special-purpose district, also known as a special district, is a governmental entity differing from general-purpose districts like municipalities, counties, etc. ...

List of state Departments of Public Safety

Local level

Most local jurisdictions (cities and counties) have the umbrella configuration described above, in which the DPS is simply a joint administration of several distinct agencies. They may share administrative support staff and back-office functions, but sworn personnel remain specialized and have particular responsibilities (that is, the police continue to arrest people and the firefighters put out fires). The DPS of Cobb County, Georgia is one example. Cobb County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ...

However, a minority of jurisdictions have Departments of Public Safety which have primary and direct responsibility for all emergencies. In these unusual organizations, all full-time sworn personnel are cross-trained as police officers, firefighters and/or EMT's, and can respond to emergencies in any capacity. Although it is more expensive to hire, train and retain such personnel, they have a clear advantage in terms of their flexibility. They can respond on their own to any number of rapidly evolving situations rather than waiting for the arrival of other specialized personnel.^[1] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Police. ... Firefighter in full turn out gear with a pickhead axe. ... EMT can mean: Efficient market theory, a theory about financial markets. ...

This configuration was widely popular in the 1970s and 1980s throughout the United States, but has since gone out of style because relatively few cities have been able to execute it successfully.

List of cities with Departments of Public Safety with fully cross-trained personnel

• Albion, Michigan
• Bensenville, Illinois
• Beverly Hills, Michigan
• Cayce, South Carolina
• Dalworthington Gardens, Texas
• East Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Escanaba, Michigan
• Farmington, Michigan
• Gardner, Kansas
• Glencoe, Illinois
• Greenville, Michigan
• Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
• Highland Park, Texas
• Ivins, Utah
• Kalamazoo, Michigan (claims to be the largest with about 380 sworn personnel)
• Kingston Springs, Tennessee
• Lindsay, California
• North Augusta, South Carolina
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
• Oak Park, Michigan
• Orangeburg, South Carolina
• Petoskey, Michigan
• Plainwell, Michigan
• Prestonburg, Kentucky
• Rohnert Park, California
• Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Sunnyvale, California
• Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
• Watauga, Texas
• Woodway, Texas

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See also

• Ministry of the Interior
• Home Office

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References

1. ↑ Paul Harlow, "Glencoe's public safety services," Public Management 76, no. 6 (June 1994): 25-27.