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Bangor Police Promote Dispatcher to New Communications Supervisor Post
July 23, 2012BANGOR, Maine — A dispatcher for the Bangor Public Safety Communications Center was promoted last week to the newly formed position of communications supervisor, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards announced Thursday.
Read full articleFla.: Telecommunicator Admits Regret
July 23, 2012CHARLOTTE COUNTY: Former dispatcher Susan Kirby Kallestad is the only sheriff’s employee to admit she could have done more to help Denise Amber Lee, a young mother who was abducted from her home, raped and then murdered in 2008.
Read full articleChicago: Union, Officials at Odds
July 23, 2012The union representing dispatchers for the Northwest Central Dispatch System presented a vote of no confidence in the agency’s management at a board of directors meeting Thursday morning in Arlington Heights.
Read full articlePresident Honors Retired Army Colonel from Ventura Fire Agency
July 23, 2012Should a natural disaster or terrorist attack wipe out part of the country’s communications networks, the Ventura County Fire Department’s information technology manager might be able to help. James Norris spent the past few years as the western team chief with the Department of Homeland Security’s National Communications System, planning for emergencies that might knock out wide swaths of phone and Internet networks.
Read full articleHorrific Attack at Batman Screening Leaves 12 Dead
July 20, 2012AURORA, Colo. (AP) — As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door. At first he was just a silhouette, taken by some in the audience for a stunt that was part of one of the summer’s most highly anticipated films.
Read full articleRole of Social Media in Law Enforcement Significant and Growing
July 20, 2012Washington, DC, July 18, 2012 — LexisNexis® Risk Solutions today announced the results of a comprehensive survey focused on the…
Read full articleWisconsin Rapids’ Element Mobile to Offer Cellular Mobile Alert System (CMAS)
July 20, 2012Wisconsin Rapids, WI (PRWEB) July 18, 2012 CMAS is a location-based message system that alerts customers of Federal Emergency Management…
Read full articleAeroflex Donates Wireless Test Equipment Worth £1.5 million to University College London
July 20, 2012LONDON, United Kingdom— July 11, 2012— Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX), and University College…
Read full articleWe’re Talking Borderline
July 20, 2012WASHINGTON, DC: Are you driving to the United States from Mexico? US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can tell you…
Read full articleSmart911 Launches in Washington, D.C., Bringing New Era of Emergency Response for Residents
July 20, 2012WASHINGTON, D.C. & FRAMINGHAM, Mass., July 12, 2012 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray today announced the availability of…
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