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VoiceVault Advanced Wireless Microphone Now Available With Digital Ally’s DVM-500Plus In-Car Video System
January 4, 2012Digital Ally, Inc., which develops and sells advanced law enforcement video systems, speed guns and fleet event recorders, announced that all new orders of the DVM-500Plus In-Car Video System will now include the VoiceVault™ Advanced Wireless Microphone at no additional cost to the customer.
Read full articleMixup Caused Dispatch Worries
January 3, 2012A high-profile murder and suicide earlier this year in Winslow highlighted concern among police officials that emergency responders could be dispatched to wrong street addresses.
Read full articleEffort Underway to Upgrade WCO’s Radios
January 3, 2012You might think, in this age of instant access, that all law enforcement officers are outfitted equally, equipment-wise. You’d be wrong.
Read full articleNew Call Center Will Provide 9-1-1 Backup
January 3, 2012After months of meetings among El Paso County’s top lawmen, the agency that handles the region’s 911 has decided to spend $3.5 million on a backup call center.
Read full articlePolice Dispatchers Seek Clothes, Toys to Assist Abused Children
January 2, 2012A small effort started by a group of police dispatchers has snowballed into a public collection of toys and clothing for two West Side girls who were abused and neglected and found by authorities days before Christmas.
Read full articlePup’s Ordeal Gives Police an Atypical Sting Operation
January 2, 2012Sharon O’Neil didn’t know quite what to do Thursday afternoon when her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was cowering in pain under a bush after he stepped on the stinging invertebrate. He was unable to walk home and O’Neil found herself without a ride to Island Animal Hospital.
Read full articlePolice Chief’s Language Triggers Complaint
January 2, 2012SEYMOUR — A flare-up at the police station the morning after a town meeting voted to finance a new emergency communications system is expected to be played out at a police commission meeting next month.
Residents Dec. 15 approved financing of the emergency dispatch console, for up to $497,000; along with vehicles for the Public Works and Fire departments.
On Dec. 16, according to First Selectman Kurt Miller, Police Chief Michael Metzler “was voicing frustration about the lack of support by members of the Police Department and was speaking out.”
Read full articleReverse 911 to Be Replaced
January 2, 2012The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office plans to launch a new emergency notification system on Tuesday with expanded contact options and features that allow people to receive additional alerts if they choose, officials said.
Read full articleCentral 9-1-1 Not Urgent to Some
January 2, 2012Public-safety officials and regional planners are looking at creating a single emergency communications center that will serve nine Greater Lowell communities, potentially saving each tens of thousands of dollars.
Read full articleBrevard County Enters Agreement with AT&T to Leverage 9-1-1 Network
January 2, 2012In an effort to make first responders more accessible to residents, Brevard County, Fla. recently signed an agreement with AT&T…
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