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New Study Verifies Public Safety’s Broadband Plan
March 2, 2011Alexandria, Va. — A new economic study released today by former FCC staff and leading telecommunications academics finds that assigning the D block to public safety, as opposed to subjecting it to a commercial auction, provides the nation with at least $3.4 billion more in social benefit. Furthermore, the study concludes that the allocation of D block to public safety will help contribute to deficit reduction.
Read full articleD.C. Mayor Was Warned of Safety Issues before Furlough Triggered Dropped 9-1-1 Calls
March 2, 2011Washington, D.C. — The D.C. mayor’s office was warned that furloughing 9-1-1 emergency calltakers could harm public safety — weeks before nearly 200 calls went unanswered on Feb. 22 because the furlough stripped the call center of employees.
Read full articlePublic Safety Communications Officials to Descend on Philadelphia in August
March 2, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — This August, Philadelphia will be home to the premier public safety communications technology, education and networking event, the APCO International Annual Conference. At least 4,000 public safety communications officials will visit the city to participate.
Read full articleDispatch Change Could Speed 9-1-1 Cell Times in Milwaukee
March 2, 2011Milwaukee County, Wis. — Milwaukee cell phone users could get quicker responses to their 911 calls when the city takes over fielding such calls within the city limits, the Milwaukee County sheriff’s office says.
Read full article9-1-1 Call Made over Gasoline Price Hike
March 2, 2011Edgard, La. — An unusual call for the 9-1-1- emergency center in St. John the Baptist Parish may be a sign of the times: a motorist complaining about escalating gasoline prices.
Read full articleFinances Threaten Sequatchie 9-1-1 Office
March 2, 2011Chattanooga, Tenn. — The Sequatchie County 9-1-1 office could be put under Tennessee Emergency Communications Board supervision if a recent audit shows it in the red for a third consecutive year, officials say. Sequatchie County commissioners last week approved $40,000 for the county’s 9-1-1 District to keep the department running until the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
Read full article4 Additional Georgia Law Enforcement Agencies Benefit from Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Deployment of Memex
March 1, 2011Sterling, Va. — The Memex Solutions Team at SAS announced that four additional law enforcement agencies in Georgia now have access, through the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, to the Memex platform for automating tips and leads, known as suspicious activity reporting (SAR), intelligence and case management functions.
Read full articlePlantCML changes name to Cassidian Communications Inc.
March 1, 2011Temecula, Calif. — Plant Equipment Inc., dba PlantCML, today announced its official name change to Cassidian Communications Inc., an EADS North America company. As the largest source of mission critical communications in North America, Cassidian Communications is leading the way in standards-based 9-1-1 call center applications, notification solutions and services and P25 land mobile radio networks.
Read full articlePepro LLC Completes Unprecedented Lightning Safety Tests with Lightning Technologies Inc.
March 1, 2011Oil City, Penn. — Pepro LLC announced the successful completion of a landmark series of tests conducted at Lightning Technologies Inc. of Pittsfield, Mass. LTI is the testing facility relied upon by airframe, automotive and aerospace equipment manufacturers to test lightning safety and is the recognized authority on the nature and effects of lightning.
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