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York County to Spend $84K on Cellphone Tower Accuracy
July 25, 2011YORK COUNTY, Pa. — York County has hired a State College-based firm to ensure the county’s cellphone towers are detecting accurate locations for individuals calling 9-1-1 to report emergencies.
Read full articleTexas Law Enforcement Agencies Seek Grant for Cameras
July 22, 2011Abilene, Texas — The Abilene Police Department and the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office have applied for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant Program, seeking nearly $60,000 that would be split between the two agencies.
Read full articleWebster Police Launch New Alert, Tip System
July 22, 2011Webster, Ma. — The Webster police department is launching the second generation of its Community Notification System, a new interactive way to keep the community connected and informed through opt-in e-mail, text message and web-published public safety alerts.
Read full articleDes Plaines Approves Cell Tower for Public Safety & Lease
July 21, 2011The Des Plaines city council Tuesday night reversed an earlier decision to deny a 100-foot cellphone tower despite opposition from neighbors who say it would lower their property values and pose health risks. The proposal by T-Mobile calls for erecting a lattice tower.
Read full articleFired Guard Says He Was Ordered Not to Call 9-1-1 before a Detention-Center Death
July 20, 2011West Palm Beach, Fla. — A guard who was on duty when an 18-year-old died at a West Palm Beach juvenile detention center stepped forward Monday, saying that he was ordered not to call 911 when he thought something was wrong.
Read full articleMen Suspected of Hallucinating Call 9-1-1 for Help
July 20, 2011Springfield, Ga. (AP) — South Georgia authorities say two men became so high on drugs they began hallucinating and called 9-1-1 when they thought intruders had broken into a home.
Read full articleInteroperability: From 9/11 to Apps
July 19, 2011Chicago — One of the first lessons learned from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was that emergency service personnel must have integrated technology. Hundreds of police officers and firefighters died when the twin towers collapsed not because they had not been told to evacuate, but because they never heard the warning.
Read full articleFriends, Co-workers Raise Money for Ailing Anderson Emergency Dispatcher
July 18, 2011Anderson County, S.C. — After suffering crushing headaches for two years and a pair of minor strokes, Leslie Albergotti recently underwent a CT scan that revealed a large brain tumor. Albergotti’s co-workers held a benefit for her Saturday at the county’s Centerville Fire Station on Sullivan Road. The event included a yard sale, car wash, barbecue plate sales and four auctions for flights on a LifeFlight helicopter.
Read full articleSouth San Francisco Agrees to Take 9-1-1 Calls for Pacifica
July 18, 2011The South San Francisco City Council approved an agreement Wednesday night to provide police dispatching to Pacifica, which can’t continue the service because of budget cuts.
Read full articleIn Dayton, Trivial Calls to 9-1-1 Costly to Taxpayers
July 18, 2011Dayton, Ohio — An annoying Chihuahua. A routine checkup. A basketball score. A date. These are not reasons to call 9-1-1. Emergency responders are being strained by such inappropriate calls to 9-1-1 and patients who want ambulance rides to hospitals when their medical ailments are less than dire, a Dayton Daily News investigation has found.
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