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Chief Tried to Outsource Dispatching before Massive Police Layoff
August 25, 2011MOUNT STERLING, Ohio — Chief Mike McCoy says he developed plans to cut his budget and save his force, but nobody listened. After the Village Council voted Monday to lay off every dispatcher and officer except McCoy because there was no money left to pay them, several officials said the chief had long been told to get his budget under control and hadn’t.
Read full articleJames City County Honors 2 Telecommunicators for Lifesaving CPR Instructions
August 25, 2011JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va., Aug. 17, 2011 — What did you do today? How did you make a difference in someone’s life? James City County recently honored two public safety communications officers for their excellent work in providing lifesaving CPR instructions.
Read full articlePhone Outage Causes 9-1-1 Problems
August 25, 2011A telephone service outage caused problems for some area 911 systems Wednesday night. Portland Police Chief Randy Wright issued a statement about 10 p.m. saying only about 1 in 10 calls were able to get through on the city’s 911 lines.
Read full articleSheriff’s Son Pleads Guilty to False 9-1-1 Call
August 25, 2011CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Catoosa County sheriff’s son has pleaded guilty to prank-calling 911 last Halloween and reporting a shooter on the loose in downtown Chattanooga. Jeremy Summers, 28, pleaded guilty in Hamilton County Criminal Court on Tuesday, and Judge Barry Steelman sentenced him to serve three years in jail.
Read full articleOakland Police Still Hitting Radio Dead Zones Despite Improved System
August 24, 2011OAKLAND, Calif. — Police officers still face radio communication breakdowns on a daily basis as they patrol through signal dead zones in the city, though the problem has improved since the city installed a new multimillion dollar system in June, police said Tuesday.
Read full article10 to 1 Vote in Favor of New 9-1-1 Center
August 24, 2011SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — The Shelby County commission voted 10-1 Monday in favor of a new 911 operations center near Shelby Farms, but the sponsor of the measure, Steve Mulroy, says commissioners will have to vote again before work on the building starts.
Read full articleNew Communications Tower Planned for Buck Mountain
August 23, 2011LINCOLN COUNTY, N.M. — Within the year, Lincoln County should be sharing a new communication tower on Buck Mountain. That will mean a more reliable means to contact and receive from emergency services deployed around the county.
Read full articleArmstrong County Leases Site for Radio Tower
August 22, 2011Armstrong County officials secured the first of four sites where new radio towers will be built to upgrade the county’s emergency communications system.
Read full articleAnother 9-1-1 Address Mix-Up Highlights the Need for Change
August 22, 2011WATERVILLE, Maine — Another address mix-up that occurred during a 911 call this week highlights the importance of taking new measures to minimize such mistakes, the city’s police chief says.
Read full article911 Files Don’t Show Why Police Were Sent to Wrong Address
August 22, 2011AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Department of Public Safety on Friday released written transcripts of the 911 calls involving the murder of Sarah Gordon in Winslow the night of June 6, shedding new light on the emergency response to the killing. But the transcripts, which were created in response to an open records request by the Morning Sentinel, still don’t answer a fundamental question: Why were police initially dispatched to the wrong address?
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