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Cherokee County agency increases dispatch efficiency with Spillman
March 30, 2011MURPHY, N.C. – March 24, 2011 – When Cherokee County 911 Communications needed a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) solution that was intuitive and easy to use, it turned to Spillman Technologies.
Read full articleNational Public Safety Telecommunications Week is April 10-16
March 30, 2011National Public Safety Telecommunications Week (April 10-16, 2011) was established by Patricia Anderson of the Contra Costa County (Calif.) Sheriff’s Office in 1981 to raise awareness of the hard work and dedication of 9-1-1 calltakers, dispatchers and other telecommunications staff.
Read full articleCity’s Crisis Center a Fortified ‘Bubble’
March 30, 2011Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. — The city’s new Emergency Operations Center — with a backup system to power the windowless building for six days and a police dispatch station for three north county cities — is scheduled to open the first week of May.
Read full articleFamily Files Claim Against Police, School Board
March 30, 2011Saying they want to ensure Jacksonville police and school employees know how to react next time, the parents of a Sandalwood basketball player who died during halftime of a game filed legal claims with the city. CPR was not administered until approximately 15 minutes after the call to 9-1-1.
Read full articleAPCO International Project 33 Training Standard Model for Arkansas Public Safety Telecommunicator Training
March 28, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. – On Wednesday, March 23rd, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed a bill into law that makes minimum training available for public safety telecommunicators across the state. The bill, HB 1741(now Act 640) which was filed on February 28, passed through the state House and Senate with no opposition.
Read full articleAPCO International to Honor Advocates of Public Safety
March 25, 2011Daytona Beach, Fla. — Public safety communications leaders and others will assemble in Washington, D.C., on May 17 to attend APCO International’s 7th Annual Leadership Awards. The Public Safety Communications Leadership in Policy Awards Dinner recognizes the leaders in public safety communications who continue to advocate for the industry.
Read full articlePractical Applications
March 24, 2011Security, survivability, sustainability—these were the three concepts that participants kept coming back to during the APCO Technology Roundtable, held March…
Read full articleLegislation Makes Telecommunicator Training Available in Arkansas
March 24, 2011Little Rock, Ark. — At 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed a bill into law that makes minimum training available for public safety telecommunicators across the state. The bill, HB 1741 — now Act 640 — which was filed on Feb. 28, passed through the state House and Senate with no opposition.
Read full articleAeroflex to Demonstrate LTE Leadership at International CTIA Wireless 2011
March 24, 2011STEVENAGE, UK, and ORLANDO, Fla., USA—INTERNATIONAL CTIA WIRELESS —March 22, 2011— Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX), will demonstrate its comprehensive range of instrumentation for the design, verification, servicing and manufacturing test of LTE networks and user equipment at this week’s International CTIA Wireless event in Orlando, USA.
Read full articleCricket Enters into 4G Roaming Agreement with LightSquared
March 24, 2011SAN DIEGO AND RESTON, Va. – March 22, 2011 – Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of…
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