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Chicago Area 9-1-1 System Under Scrutiny
February 12, 2014Austrian firm Frequentis agreed to build an emergency dispatch system for the SouthCom 911 Dispatch Center in Matteson (Ill.) that would be a showcase to the nation. Instead, the million-dollar system is riddled with glitches.
Read full articleFor Telecommunicators, No One Calls to Chat
February 11, 2014For Teresa Griffitts, a Corona (Cailf.) 9-1-1 telecommunicator, there are new calls to take and no time to look back.
Read full articleNew York Couple Charged After Toddler Calls 9-1-1 15 Times
February 4, 2014Authorities have charged a northern New York woman and her boyfriend because the woman’s 2-year-old daughter used their cellphones to dial 9-1-1 a total of 15 times last month.
Read full articleUtah: Proposed Bill Would Require Consolidated Dispatch Centers
February 4, 2014Following the death of a Draper man who failed to get prompt emergency medical assistance, Salt Lake County leaders again Monday pushed for a consolidated 911 dispatch system.
Read full articleIllinois: Consolidated 9-1-1 Clears Hurdle in Lake Forest, Lake Bluff
February 3, 2014Lake Forest’s city leaders took the first step to entering an agreement with Lake Bluff, Highland Park and Glenview for centralized emergency 9-1-1 dispatch services Tuesday night, Jan. 21, by unanimously approving a resolution to draft a contract to set up the arrangement.
Read full articleNorth Dakota: Burleigh Approves 9-1-1 Replacement
January 28, 2014The Burleigh County Commission has approved plans to replace its 9-1-1 communications with a system known as “next-gen 9-1-1.”
Read full articlePennsylvania: 9-1-1 Network Dish Headed To Airport
January 28, 2014A Fayette County 9-1-1 communications network dish “” not a cellphone tower “” will be built at the Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport in Dunbar Township.
Read full articleIllinois: Man Charged With Making False 9-1-1 Report
January 28, 2014A Lake Forest man called in a false 9-1-1 report so police would eject an unwanted partygoer from his home and, instead, spent the night in jail himself
Read full articleIllinois: Oak Lawn 9-1-1 Center Goes Private
January 22, 2014Oak Lawn’s 9-1-1 center is going private this week.
Read full articlePolice: Iowa Woman Calls In Fake Robberies to Distract Officers
January 22, 2014Police said a Dubuque woman called in two fake robberies Friday morning in an attempt to get officers to stop investigating a fight she was involved in.
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