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South Carolina Man Charged with Making False 9-1-1 Calls
February 26, 2013Nikie Mayo, Anderson Independent-Mail (South Carolina) Investigators say an Upstate man has made more than three dozen false calls to…
Read full articleMass. Boy, Trying to Avoid Bedtime, Calls 911
February 26, 2013Police in Massachusetts say a 10-year-old boy called 9-1-1 because he didn’t want to go to bed.
Read full articleChanneling The Same Frequencies; Police Get $168K Grant for Radios
February 26, 2013For decades, police and firefighters in area towns have lived with radio communication inadequacies. Some of those irritating problems will be resolved with the award of a $167,899 federal grant recently announced by the Central Region Homeland Security Advisory Council in Worcester.
Read full articleNew Salt Lake City Police Website Shows What Cops Do
February 26, 2013It’s the job of police to keep an eye on the public, but now the public can see how Salt Lake City police do that job.
Read full articleFranklin Co. Takes Next Step in 9-1-1 Upgrade
February 26, 2013No one whistled at the prices quoted, but there seemed to be some puckering up. [And] no one disagreed that Franklin County’s spotty system of public safety radio communications needs a major upgrade.
Read full articleTechnology Has Counties Scrambling for New Ways to Pay for Their 9-1-1 Call Systems
February 21, 2013When Delaware County officials recently hired a consultant to help solve a vexing funding shortfall for the county’s 9-1-1 center, they were not alone in their concern. Across Pennsylvania, local and state leaders are talking about changing the way county 9-1-1 operations are paid for.
Read full articleIndiana: Raises Proposed for 9-1-1 Operators, Dispatch
February 20, 2013The city’s emergency dispatch employees would see an immediate pay increase between 6 percent and 20 percent under a proposal by the mayor to increase their salaries to a level that is more in line with what other such employees in the state make.
Read full articleTexas Woman Calls 9-1-1 Asking for Cigarettes
February 20, 2013A Texas woman wanted to make sheriff’s deputies the butt of a joke, but she picked the wrong audience when she called 9-1-1 to have cigarettes delivered to her home.
Read full articleHingham Mass. Fire Captains Voice Concerns About 4-Town Dispatch Center
February 19, 2013Hingham Fire Department shift commanders want selectmen to investigate the quality of service being provided by a regional emergency dispatch center that has been in operation for more than a year.
Read full articleKatie Couric Bothered by Strange 9-1-1 Calls
February 14, 2013New York City police said Thursday they had been called to Couric’s Manhattan home several times recently because of 9-1-1 calls traced to a phone listed there.
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