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Vallejo and Benicia Emergency Dispatchers Earn Accolades
April 16, 2012Police and fire emergency dispatchers were honored countrywide this week, including nods from the Benicia and Vallejo police and fire departments.
Read full articlePinterest & Police
April 13, 2012Pinterest is a photo-based social sharing site that allows you to “share the things you love” by posting them to boards. The question becomes: What does law enforcement love?
Read full article‘A Quick 20 Years’ for Jeff Schaney in Public Safety Communications
April 12, 2012“It’s been a quick 20 years,” Jeff Schaney, an assistant supervisor of the Fairfax County (Va.) Department of Public Safety Communications, says, acknowledging his 20th year of public service. He possesses a multitude of skill sets that he obtained throughout his career in the public safety sector, in which he has worked as a calltaker, police dispatcher, fire dispatcher and teletype operator. “I had to keep up my skills sets,” he says.
Read full articleDispatch Woes Rankle Officials
April 12, 2012The 12-hour blackout of the Police Department’s dispatch center last week renewed calls to overhaul communications for first responders, including a plan to upgrade the Hollywood Hills site that experienced the recent breakdown.
Read full articleStark County, Ohio, 9-1-1 Telecommunicators to Pay More for Benefits
April 12, 2012CANTON: Union employees at the Stark County 911 Call Center must pay higher health insurance contributions during the next two years and will not receive a pay increase for three consecutive years.
Read full articleSpillman Technologies Announces 1,000th Customer
April 11, 2012Salt Lake City, UT – April 10, 2012 – Spillman Technologies recently welcomed its 1,000th public safety software customer, the…
Read full article308 SYSTEMS Expands International Mobile Command System Distribution
April 11, 2012Fort Collins, CO (April 9, 2012) – International orders continue to fuel 308 SYSTEMS expansion in the ultra-agile mobile command…
Read full articleInterAct PocketCop Now Available for Qualified Android Smartphones
April 11, 2012Winston-Salem, NC – April 11, 2012 – InterAct™, a leading provider of public safety solutions, today announced that its industry-leading…
Read full articleLEACO Taps Exalt for Backhaul Network Transition to All-IP
April 11, 2012CAMPBELL, Calif. — April 11, 2012 — Exalt Communications today announced that LEACO, a rural telecommunications and high-speed Internet provider…
Read full articleIcom Releases Affordable Waterproof Land Mobile Radio with Emergency Functionality
April 11, 2012BELLEVUE, WA—Icom America, the premier manufacturer of two-way radio solutions, announces a new portable F3031S series portable with military–grade construction…
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