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Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Cuts Response Times for Service Calls
August 25, 2010Source: Arizona City Independent Staff Reports, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Pinal County, Ariz. — The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has…
Read full articleExternal Alarm Interface Exchange Celebrates Another Victory
August 24, 2010On Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 1:00 p.m. EST, the transmission method for the notification of alarm events from Vector Security, subsequent responses from the City of Richmond’s (Va.) 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), and bi‐directional updates from both entities were moved into a production environment using International Justice and Public Safety Network (Nlets) message “wrappers” around the payload, Nlets‐assigned message keys and the use of S‐ORI (originating agency identifiers) addresses for routing purposes.
Read full articleDispatch Center Signals New Move; Renovations Transferable
August 20, 2010The police dispatch center [in Gardner, Ma.] is again open for business and will soon be fully renovated, but the mayor is hoping it will be a short stay for both the employees and new equipment.
Read full articleFCC Seeks Nominations for Membership on the Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee
August 18, 2010The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) is seeking nominations and expressions of interest for membership on the Emergency Response Interoperability Center…
Read full articleFCC to Hold Speaker Series Event Featuring The National Institute of Standards & Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards
August 18, 2010Aug., 17, 2010, Washington, D.C.—The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) today announced it will…
Read full articleCity Switches to Civilians for 9-1-1 Calls?
August 17, 2010At midnight Monday, the city flipped the switch to civilianize its emergency 911 center. The police union questioned whether the city was prepared.
Read full articleTurf Issue Hampers 9-1-1 Board Decisions
August 13, 2010“Toy towns” and turf issues are preventing Shelby County from having a single emergency dispatch center, a Shelby County 911 Emergency Communications District board member said Thursday.
Read full articleCommunication Breakdown in Wisconsin: City & County Agencies at Odds over Emergency Radio System
August 12, 2010In the basement of the Dane County (Wis.) Sheriff’s Office, four pallets loaded with radios, still in their boxes, are taking up floor space. At issue, the VHF radios don’t work on Madison’s 800 MHz system. The state is encouraging VHF. And narrowbanding means a decision has to be made soon.
Read full articleIllinois Cracks Down on False 9-1-1 Calls
August 12, 2010Governor Pat Quinn has signed a bill into law to deter individuals from placing false 9-1-1 calls by increasing penalties for fake 9-1-1 offenses. The law allows people making a fake call to be charged with a Class 4 felony, punishable by one to three years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.
Read full articleLightning Surge Injures 9-1-1 Dispatcher
July 25, 2010A severe storm in early May caused flooding in Madison County that led to one death and also caused a lightning power surge that injured an emergency dispatcher.
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