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Virginia’s Region 2000 Local Government Council Awards Harris Corporation $11.8 Million Contract to Upgrade and Unify Mission-Critical Communications
July 10, 2012Highlights: System will support more than 3,000 public safety and public works users across 1,291 square miles. Standards-based, digital system…
Read full articleCodan Launches Envoy High Frequency, Software-Defined Radio
July 10, 2012Paris — Eurosatory Trade Show, Hall 6, D630, June 11, 2012. Codan Radio Communications, a division of Codan Limited (ASX-CDA),…
Read full articleSurveillance Requests to Cellphone Carriers Surge
July 9, 2012WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made more than 1.3 million requests for consumers’ cellphone records in 2011, a surge over previous years that reflected the increasingly gray area between privacy and technology.
Read full articleOhio: New 9-1-1 Center Finally to See Light of Day
July 9, 2012Workers are about to begin tearing down walls at the old Licking-Muskingum Community Correction Center to create the Licking County Joint Communications Center, a $2 million renovation and merger that should be complete in the next year.
Read full articleAccident or Emergency? Local Dispatchers Take Nearly 30,000 Unverified 9-1-1 Calls Per Year
July 9, 20129-1-1 hang ups and misdials accounted for about 8 percent of 9-1-1 calls to both the Collier and Lee sheriff’s offices and about 10 percent to Naples police.
Read full articleTexas: 9-1-1 Calltakers Get More Detailed
July 9, 2012New system will allow 9-1-1 calltakers to ask more and better questions to determine the severity of the medical emergencies and simultaneously to dispatch the resources.
Read full article9-1-1 Dispatcher’s Voice a Lifeline
July 9, 2012More than 40 miles apart, a dispatcher and a stranger made a life-saving connection
Read full articleTelecommunicator Spotlight: Jill Price Is Well-Rounded in Public Safety
July 9, 2012Jill Price has had jobs that run the gamut in the law enforcement arena and, consequently, she has a well-rounded and intrinsic understanding of the various facets of public safety.
Read full articleIntrado Debuts Emergency Assist SM for U.S. Wireless Marketplace
July 6, 2012LONGMONT, Colo., June 26, 2012— Intrado Inc., a subsidiary of West Corporation and a leading provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions,…
Read full articleTIA Files FCC Comments Supporting CEA, ESA Petitions for ACS Class Waiver
July 6, 2012ARLINGTON, VA (June 26, 2012) – On Monday, June 25, 2012, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) filed supportive comments with…
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