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🌱 How new drills in Clinton aim to change police response in crises

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In today's newsletter:

  • How new drills in Clinton aim to change police response in crises
  • What AT&T’s plan to abandon damaged copper lines means for Clinton

Today's riddle: What do you call a bee that can't make up it's mind? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 92 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 94, low: 74.
  • Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 89 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• East Feliciana Sheriff's Office hosts active-shooter exercise at Clinton school (wbrz.com) — An intensive active-shooter training is underway this week at Silliman Institute in Clinton, bringing together parish deputies, local police, prison staff, and hospital security to practice rapid response. Officials say lessons from a Mardi Gras shooting in Clinton earlier this year are shaping how officers drill, critique their performance, and prepare for future emergencies in local schools.
   

• AT&T to FCC: We won't fix 600 copper outages — Here's where they all happened, city by city (wirelessestimator.com) — AT&T is asking federal regulators for permission to permanently shut down damaged copper landline service at 600 sites, including two sizable outages in Clinton that hit 11 and 13 circuits in early June. If approved, affected Clinton customers would have to move to newer AT&T phone products or wireless options instead of seeing traditional copper lines restored.
   

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