Homeland Security & Public Safety
Planning Areas
The Council of Governments’ public safety and homeland security work helps ensure safe communities for area residents and visitors. On homeland security, COG brings leaders together to increase the region’s ability to detect, prepare, train for, and respond to man-made and natural threats. COG works with police chiefs, fire chiefs, and other first responders on a variety of public safety issues from crime prevention to fire safety. Ensuring reliable, timely emergency communication is also a priority of COG and its members.
News & Multimedia
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News
December 22, 2025
The How Safe Are Our Roads? Report, prepared for the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG),...
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News
November 14, 2025
From November 4–6, more than 120 law enforcement executives, researchers, and public safety experts from across the country and around the world gathered at the...
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July 8, 2025
COG brings together public safety officials from across the region to ensure ongoing communication, joint training, and coordinated emergency planning. While...
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