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9-1-1 Dispatchers ‘Stellar’ During Triple Homicide, Child Abduction
August 30, 2012Emergency dispatchers shook off feelings of disbelief during a triple shooting and child abduction on July 27 in Quincy Township.
Read full articleIsaac’s Storm Surge Tops La. Levee
August 29, 2012NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaac, downgraded from a hurricane about 19 hours after making landfall, drove water over a levee in a lightly populated part of Plaquemines Parish, flattened sugar cane 50 miles west in Terrebonne Parish, forced evacuation of a neighborhood in St. John the Baptist Parish and knocked out power to more than 700,000 households and businesses statewide.
Read full articleBogus 9-1-1 Call from Suspect Lured Park Police into Ambush
August 29, 2012A bogus 911 call Tuesday night [Aug. 23] lured two Minneapolis park police officers to Minnehaha Creek, where the man who made the call allegedly stabbed the officers before one shot and wounded him.
Read full article1-800-IDIOTIC: WTC ‘Drunken Dialer’ Arrested
August 29, 2012A drunken doofus was arrested for making light of the nation’s worst-ever terrorist attack when he called 911 from lower Manhattan and allegedly falsely reported that airplanes were flying into the World Trade Center, law-enforcement sources said.
Read full articleFire Museum to Open Its Permanent 9-1-1 Exhibit
August 29, 2012Some might think this is a duh exhibit teaching children how and when to call 911. But each year, between 25 and 35 percent of emergency calls in Memphis are not emergencies at all. Adults are often the ones making those non-emergency calls.
Read full articleMisplaced 9-1-1 Call Prompts School Lockdown in Ohio
August 29, 2012Katie Wedell, Dayton Daily News HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Miscommunication during a police training operation Monday morning caused the new…
Read full articleBoone County, Mo., Pursues Help for 9-1-1 Call Center Staff
August 29, 2012With an eye on improving public safety and efficiency at the 9-1-1 call center, the Boone County Commission is planning to ask Columbia City Manager Mike Matthes to pare down the list of extra duties that 9-1-1 operators perform for the Columbia Police Department.
Read full articleMaine: Manchester Woman Arrested for Repeatedly Dialing 9-1-1
August 23, 2012A woman who repeatedly dialed 9-1-1 but didn’t have an emergency was arrested and charged with misusing the emergency system, according to police.
Read full articleIndiana 9-1-1 Center Will Need $1 Million Phone System for City-County Dispatch
August 23, 2012Fort Wayne and Allen County’s new $17 million emergency dispatch system will also need a new $1 million phone system — all while a deadline looms to find a new location for the department.
Read full articleSouth Bend (Ind.) Police Dispatch Center May Get Updated Equipment
August 22, 2012Madeline Buckley, South Bend Tribune SOUTH BEND, Ind. — After touring the police department’s communications center for its Monday meeting,…
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