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Police Recount First Minutes of Grisly Scene at University Where Seven Were Killed
April 5, 2012OAKLAND — Police say they have a confession in hand. Murder charges are pending. And memorial services for the seven people killed in the shooting rampage at Oikos University on Monday are already being held. But police are still piecing together the gruesome details of what happened as One L. Goh reportedly entered the tiny university campus in East Oakland and opened fire in what police believe was an attempt to exact revenge on an administrator and other students he thought were disrespectful.
Read full articleGood Morning, East Tennessee: Blount Introduces Text/E-mail Alert System
April 5, 2012Anyone in Blount County can now have instant access to information alerts from law enforcement via a new messaging system that the Blount County Sheriff’s Office introduced Friday.
Read full articleNew York City Is Reportedly Squelching 9-1-1 Disaster Report
April 5, 2012The Bloomberg administration is waging an all-out battle to suppress a scathing report aptly called “911 CPR” – which has determined that the city’s emergency-dispatch system is on life support, The Post has learned. The document, formally known as the 911 Call Processing Review, charges that despite more than $2 billion shoveled at the problems, response times to emergencies, in which every second counts, have actually slowed.
Read full articleUnsung Heroes Keep Us All Safe
April 5, 2012April 8-14 is National Telecommunicators Week. It is the week to recognize those women and men who are our dispatchers, 911 call-takers and in many cases our lifeline to emergency services. These individuals are talented, hard-working people who dedicate themselves to public service and safety.
Read full articleCommission Seeks Comment on Emergency Communications by Amateur Radio and Impediments to Amateur Radio Communications
April 5, 2012By this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau seek comment on the uses and capabilities of Amateur Radio Service communications in emergencies and disaster relief. As set forth below, comment is sought on issues relating to the importance of emergency Amateur Radio Service communications and on impediments to enhanced Amateur Radio Service communications. Stakeholder entities and organizations, including the Amateur Radio, emergency response, and disaster communications communities, are particularly encouraged to submit comments.
Read full articleNew York: More Alarm Bells Over City’s 9-1-1 System
April 5, 2012Problems with the city’s 911 system continued through the weekend, with at least one service outage that forced backup systems to kick in so emergency calls could get through, The Post has learned.
Read full articleDispatchers Honored As ‘Center Hub’ of Public Safety
April 5, 2012LONDONDERRY – When a local homeowner’s worst nightmare came true last winter, he was no doubt relieved to hear a calming voice on the phone when he called police.
Read full articleWhy Should a Corporate Professional Join APCO International?
April 5, 2012Surveys indicate that 98% of APCO International Commercial Members make valuable contacts for potential business at the annual APCO conference…
Read full articleAPCO’s Commercial Advisory Council Now Accepting Applications for Membership
April 5, 2012The Commercial Advisory Council (CAC) of APCO International is commencing its annual Call for Member Nominations process to seat up…
Read full articleCity of Richmond, Virginia, Chooses Intergraph’s Interoperability Framework to Integrate Alarms with Computer-Aided Dispatch
April 4, 2012HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 27, 2012 — The City of Richmond, Virginia, has deployed Intergraph’s Interoperability Framework (IIF) for intelligent convergence…
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