Tyler Police are seeking funding for new crowd-protection barriers that could help keep people safe at large East Texas events.

This story is part of KXAN’s “Preventing Disaster” investigation, which initially published on May 15, 2024. The project follows a fatal car crash into an Austin hospital’s emergency room earlier that ...

The Tyler City Council voted Wednesday to support a resolution allowing the Tyler Police Department to apply for a grant from the Texas Governor’s Homeland Security Division to purchase portable crowd ...

Terrorists typically don’t go where they see barricades, so placing them wherever possible attacks can happen reduces security risks dramatically. Temporary barriers are often used to protect ...

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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Five weeks from tonight -- Mardi Gras is set to return to the Port City. On any given night that follows -- tens of thousands of revelers will line the parade route -- all ...

NEENAH - The 2021 Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy and other crimes that used a vehicle as a deadly weapon have spurred Neenah police to develop strategies to protect outdoor gatherings. The ...

FAIRGROUNDS. PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIRST STATE FAIR STARTING TWO WEEKS FROM THURSDAY WITH SOME CHANGES THIS YEAR FOCUSING ON SECURITY. THE SAME PORTABLE BARRIERS BOUGHT ...

Days after a truck rammed through a Bourbon Street crowd, killing 14 and injuring nearly 60, portable vehicle-stopping barriers were deployed in New Orleans. Those same 700-pound mobile steel barriers ...