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Autauga County Sheriff, Prattville PD Share Data Using Spillman
February 23, 2011Prattville, Ala. — The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office is sharing dispatch and records information with the Prattville Police Department using software from Spillman Technologies. The sheriff’s office has been using Spillman software to share jail data with Prattville since 2004.
Read full articleVisionAIR Inc. Partners With M2SYS Technology for an Integrated Biometric Technology Solution
February 23, 2011Atlanta, Ga., & Castle Hayne, N.C. — M2SYS Technology, a biometric technology and research company, and VisionAIR, provider of the integrated Public Safety Suite of software, announced their partnership today. VisionAIR has selected M2SYS’ Hybrid Biometric Platform software and hardware for availability to its jail management clients.
Read full articleMix-Up Probed in Fatal Brooklyn Fire
February 22, 2011Brooklyn, N.Y. — A dispatching error delayed the response of a second engine company to Saturday’s deadly five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, prompting the FDNY to launch an internal probe. Dispatchers sent Engine Co. 248 to the blaze in the six-story apartment building, not realizing the unit was already helping a cop who had accidentally shot himself.
Read full article9-1-1 Dispatchers Handling More Foreign-Language Calls
February 22, 2011Hall County, Ga. — Calltaker John Hanes recognized the sounds on the other end of his telephone line, even if he didn’t know the words being spoken. The person had dialed 911 with an emergency.
Read full articleiPhone Theft Suspects Tripped Up by GPS App
February 22, 2011Chicago — Ed Scanlan used his iPhone to fight back against the guys who allegedly mugged him. His secret weapon: a computer service that allows iPhone users to find their phones using GPS technology.
Read full articlePalo Alto Asks FCC to Investigate Phantom Calls that Flooded Dispatch Center
February 22, 2011Palo Alto, Calif. — The Palo Alto Police Department on Wednesday asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate a mobile device that flooded the city’s emergency communications center with 566 calls over a five-hour period in January, according to a police official.
Read full articleDispatch Center Ineligible for Historic List
February 22, 2011Spokane, Wash. — Spokane’s former fire dispatch center likely will meet the same fate as its next-door neighbor – the YMCA in Riverfront Park. The Spokane City-County Historic Landmarks Commission decided Wednesday that the building is not eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, clearing the way for the city to demolish it.
Read full articleAPCO Lauds Chairman Rockefeller’s Top Priority for Public Safety
February 17, 2011Alexandria, Va. — APCO supports remarks made on Wednesday by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. “Jay” Rockefeller, IV, at a hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss development of a nationwide wireless, mission-critical broadband network for first responders.
Read full articleTop International Companies to Exhibit at APCO Global Congress in Dubai
February 17, 2011Alexandria, Va. — Public safety and security practitioners in the Middle East will experience the latest in public safety communications technology this June. That’s because APCO Global Alliance has assembled an impressive group of international technology companies to exhibit at its new APCO Global Congress in Dubai, UAE.
Read full articleJoin the APCO International Standards Development Committee
February 17, 2011The APCO International Standards Development Committee (SDC) is currently seeking public safety communications professionals who represent producers and general interests.
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