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No Butts About It
October 17, 2012While state laws in West Virginia now encourage the use of hands-free cellphones, a new law may be needed to promote butt-free dialing.
Read full articleConfusion Reigns Where Streets Have Similar Names
October 17, 2012More than a dozen streets in Epping have similar names. There’s Lamprey River Drive, Lamprey Village Court and Lamprey Lane.
Read full articleCommissioners Get Presentation on Supervising Dispatch Centers
October 16, 2012FARMINGTON — The director of Penobscot Regional Communications Center in Bangor gave Franklin County commissioners and supervisors from around the county a presentation on supervisor training at communication centers.
Read full articleAccidental 9-1-1 Calls from Wireless Phones
October 15, 2012Editor’s note: Accidental 9-1-1 calls from wireless phones — also known as pocket dials or butt call — are on…
Read full articleNon-Emergency Call Center Receives Many Mundane Calls, and a Few Quirkier Queries
October 15, 2012“If you sound like you’re reading from a script, you can almost hear the sigh at the other end of the line.”
Read full articleImplementing Public Safety Broadband Provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
October 15, 2012The FCC has adopted rules implementing the clear mandate of the Public Safety Spectrum Act to grant a license with respect to the public safety broadband spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz), guard band (768-769/798-799 MHz), and the D Block to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).
Read full articleVeto of N.J.’s 9-1-1 Good Samaritan Bill Disappoints Backer
October 15, 2012Patty DiRenzo describes how she felt Friday when she heard that Gov. Christie had vetoed New Jersey’s “911 Good Samaritan” legislation.
Read full articlePublic Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Releases Agenda for Workshop on Upcoming Test Bed to Improve Indoor Location Accuracy for Wireless 9-1-1 Calls
October 15, 2012WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 — The Federal Communications Commission issued the following press release: Consumers are increasingly abandoning landline telephony in…
Read full articleTeen Who Killed Dispatcher While Driving Stolen Car Gets 25 Years
October 15, 2012A teenager who slammed into a 9-1-1 police dispatcher’s car and killed her as he drunkenly tried to elude police was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to murder.
Read full articleCounty Commissioner Allegedly Bullies Dispatcher
October 12, 2012WASHINGTON – A Beaufort County commissioner was heard allegedly bullying a 9-1-1 dispatcher.
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