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PSA Praises Sen. Rockefeller’s Leadership on Wireless Broadband
January 25, 2011“We are grateful to Senator Rockefeller for his leadership on this issue, his willingness to listen to public safety and work with us to find a solution that will improve the way our nation’s first responders communicate when protecting and serving the public,” San Jose Acting Police Chief Chris Moore said.
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January 25, 2011Alexandria, Va. –APCO International today joins with our nation’s police officers, sheriffs and other law enforcement officials, fire fighters, EMS officials, local and state government officials, and so many other Americans in urging all members of the U.S. Senate and the entire U.S. Congress to support public safety, and the public’s safety, by co-sponsoring this critical legislation, S. 28, The Public Safety and Wireless Innovation Act of 2011, as a significant step toward finally realizing a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network.
Read full articleLincoln-Way Dispatch Depends on Exalt
January 25, 2011Campbell, Calif. — Exalt Communications announced that Lincoln-Way Dispatch of Will County, Ill., has deployed an Exalt microwave backhaul system to provide a crucial communications link between the dispatch center and the Will County Sheriff’s Office.
Read full articleCity, County Eye $400K System amid Tough Fiscal Climate
January 25, 2011Santa Fe — The city’s fire and police chiefs want to raid a reserve fund to buy mapping software they say would help get emergency vehicles to the scene faster. If their proposal manages to win approval in this time of tight budgets, they say the days of police officers and ambulance crews flipping though map books while responding to calls could be history.
Read full articleMid-Winter Hamfest in Kane County, Ill.
January 25, 2011Kane County, Ill. — Jim Robbie of Moline pulled a Zenith Radionic vacuum tube from his pocket and proclaimed, “These are hard to find, and this is a good place to find it.”
Read full articleRaytheon to Open Public Safety Regional Technology Center in Los Angeles County
January 24, 2011Los Angeles — Raytheon plans to open a Public Safety Regional Technology Center in Los Angeles County this summer and is in the final stages of selecting a location. The Raytheon Public Safety RTC will serve as the focus of the company’s civil communications business in the western U.S., providing test and research facilities, training, a maintenance and logistics center, and customer and systems support.
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January 24, 2011As the U.S. and Canada have designated 9-1-1 as their unique emergency number, other countries have their individual, historically grown structures of emergency numbers. A few years ago, an APCO International evaluation revealed that there are more than 170 different numbers worldwide to reach first responders. We thought it would be interesting to identify differences in countries, cultures and emergency numbers. For my first article, I have chosen to report about my home country, Austria, and provide an introduction to the European-wide “112” emergency number.
Read full articleCenter Looks for Reaccreditation
January 24, 2011Huber Heights, Ohio — On Saturday, a team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. arrived to examine all aspects of the Huber Heights Public Safety Communications Center in its effort for reaccreditation.
Read full articleGammaTech Introduces Newest Mobile Rugged, Convertible Notebook Computer
January 24, 2011Fremont, Calif. — GammaTech Computer Corp has introduced the U12C, the newest member to its line of cost-effective, high-performance rugged convertible notebook computers. GammaTech will feature the unit at the upcoming 2011 CES.
Read full articleHuman Error Results in No Response to Alarm
January 20, 2011Denver – When Denver 9-1-1 received an alarm notification for the home of Lisa Sommers, police were not dispatched because the public safety telecommunicator transposed the alarm’s permit numbers. Such incidents could be prevented by implementing automatic notification and adoption of the Alarm Interface Exchange Standard.
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