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Corny Story: Danvers Dispatcher Deftly Fields 9-1-1 call
October 19, 2011The item about a family who called 911 on Columbus Day to report they were lost in a Danvers corn maze has “gone viral,” as they say. And we’re not surprised. This is just the sort of story that news outlets love to sink their teeth into, whether typewriter-style or in neat columns.
Read full articleFitchburg Training New Police Dispatchers
October 19, 2011By Michael Hartwell, Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) FITCHBURG — Things are looking a little less bright for criminals in…
Read full articleAldermen, Union Fight 9-1-1 Cuts
October 19, 2011Chicago firefighter-turned-alderman Nick Sposato (36th) and the union representing fire dispatchers maneuvered Monday to kill Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to reduce the ranks of police and fire dispatchers at the city’s 911 emergency center.
Read full articleCounty Still Searching for Dispatch Answer
October 19, 2011AUBURN — The controversy over who will answer when local people dial 911 goes on.
County commissioners have tossed out a September 2010 vote to merge Androscoggin County’s emergency dispatching center with Lewiston-Auburn 911, a move that would have created a single hub for the county’s emergency calls.
Read full articleJoint Senate Commerce and Waxman Letters to Super Committee Call for D Block Allocation to Public Safety
October 18, 2011The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) today applauded Ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Henry Waxman, and Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison, as the leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee, for their continued support in pushing for comprehensive spectrum legislation to be enacted in Congress this year for jobs, the economy, deficit reduction and public safety.
Read full articleShotSpotter Explores How Public Safety Agencies Can Build Trust and Confidence with Community Policing Strategies Aided by Public Safety Technology
October 18, 2011ShotSpotter, Inc. recently announced the availability of a public safety industry white paper titled “Community Policing and the ShotSpotter Gunshot Location Solution,” an exploration of how public safety agencies can leverage the ShotSpotter gunfire location solution as a force multiplier and person-to-person policing to combat gang violence, gun violence and gain community trust.
Read full articleShotSpotter and Data911 Partner to Deliver Real-Time Gunfire Location Alert Analysis Solution to In-Car Mobile Police Systems
October 18, 2011ShotSpotter, Inc. and Data911 Systems today announced their partnership in delivering real-time, wide-area acoustic surveillance and gunfire location alert and analysis services to Data911 mobile, in-car computer systems to provide patrol officers with the actionable intelligence needed to respond faster and safer to gunfire incidents.
Read full articleSuccessful Install of Zetron’s MAX Dispatch Sets a New Standard
October 18, 2011In order to ensure that first responders are sent to the scene of an emergency as quickly as possible, public-safety dispatchers must have communications equipment that is reliable and easy to use.
Read full articleNew GeoSuite Software by General Dynamics Enables Real-time Mapping and Information Sharing for First-responders and Mobile Professionals
October 18, 2011General Dynamics C4 Systems’ new GeoSuite™ family of interactive software enables first responders, search and rescue workers, field agents and others to map, analyze and share vital information in response to disasters or as part of their daily work task.
Read full articleIntrado Introduces THOR Shield
October 18, 2011Intrado Inc., a subsidiary of West Corporation and a leading provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions, today announced the launch of THOR ShieldSM, a first-of-its-kind mobile emergency communications program.
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