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A Dispatcher’s Life
December 6, 2011Andrew Pantazi, Staff Writer, Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee) She started as a guard at Silverdale Detention Facility in Chattanooga,…
Read full articleCounty Trip to Look at Public Safety Radios
December 2, 2011Tim Hrenchir, Topeka Capital-Journal (Kansas) Six Shawnee County representatives will make a two-day visit this month to Richardson, Texas, to…
Read full articleDes Plaines 9-1-1 Center Talks Moving
December 1, 2011Officials with the North Suburban Emergency Communications Center are considering vacating the second floor of Des Plaines City Hall and moving the 911 operation to another site.
Read full articleEx-Dispatchers’ Lawsuits Claim Sexual Harassment
December 1, 2011The Delaware County dispatch office is accused in two former dispatchers’ lawsuits of being a playground for various sexual activities, including displaying on county computers photographs of a dispatcher wearing only thong underwear. Shelby Haggard, a former 911 dispatch supervisor and Joey Lambert, a former 911 dispatcher, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in May 2009 against the Delaware County commissioners and the Delaware County E911 Trust Authority, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, according to court records. Jodi Casey, an attorney with the Oklahoma City law firm of Collins, Zorn & Wagner, who is handling the county civil rights lawsuit, was not available for comment. Commissioner Billy Cornell, the only current board member who was in office at the time of the allegations, declined comment on the lawsuits on advice of Casey.
Read full articleGovernors Praise Subcommittee Reallocation of D Block
November 30, 2011WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today issued the following statement regarding the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and…
Read full articlePublic Safety Declares Major Progress in Reaction to Release of Walden Discussion Draft
November 30, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 30, 2011 – The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) today welcomed House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman…
Read full article2 Upstate N.Y. Kids Call 9-1-1, Ask for Santa or Police Chief
November 30, 2011KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — No, Virginia, you can’t call 911 and ask for Santa Claus. That’s what two young children…
Read full articleWeird Calls: Texas Man Rescued after Becoming Stuck in Chimney
November 29, 2011LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Fire officials say a Texas man who had to be rescued from the chimney of his…
Read full articleFCC Announces CSRIC Meeting
November 29, 2011SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)…
Read full articleSwitch to Cell Phones Costs Logan County 9-1-1 Center
November 29, 2011The switch from landlines to cell phones is costing the Logan County 911 Center thousands of dollars in tax revenue each year. Dan Fulscher, director of the Logan County Emergency Management Agency and 911, said that because cell phones are taxed at a lower rate than landlines, the emergency call center loses money every time someone ditches their landline for a cell phone.
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