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Naples City Council Bristle at Cost of New Radios; Suggest Officers Share
June 29, 2011Naples, Fla. — Naples police Chief Tom Weschler was ready for a fight. He knew City Council would frown at some of his fiscal 2011-12 budget requests. But Weschler said recently he never expected to have to go to bat over something he deems an essential tool of the trade: portable police radios.
Read full articleShasta County Studies 2-1-1 Calls to Relieve 9-1-1
June 29, 2011Redding, Calif. — Shasta County may be one step closer to having a toll-free number residents can call for referrals to all kinds of community resources after supervisors consider the 211 system at Tuesday’s board meeting.
Read full articleHams Test Their Radios
June 29, 2011On Saturday, about 50 other amateur radio operators from Ventura County gathered in Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley to participate in a 24-hour national exercise testing communications that could be vital during a national disaster or emergency.
Read full articlePocatello Police Dispatcher Deals with Life and Death Situations
June 29, 2011Pocatello, Idaho — Nicole Langsdorf was troubled by one of the first calls she took as she was training to become a Pocatello police dispatcher. The call left her with a mental image of her son, Buddy, in distress. Langsdorf, 32, has worked for the department for four years. While she was in training, she received a call by a man whose 2-month-old boy had stopped breathing.
Read full articleURGENT: Immediate Action Is Needed on the D Block
June 23, 2011I need your help to call, e-mail and write Congressional Representative(s) to request them to support the allocation of D Block and funding to build out a state-of-the-art nationwide broadband network for first responders.
Read full articleDispatcher Receives 9-1-1 Call on Own Son
June 22, 2011Rockton, Ill. — Tracy Wilson knew her 17-year-old son planned to go fishing at Rock Cut State Park with some friends after football practice. But when Wilson, a 9-1-1 dispatcher, received a call saying rescuers were needed at a nearby state park because a canoe had capsized, it didn’t occur to her to worry about her son.
Read full articleAt Poplawski Trial, Dispatcher Explains Lack of Gun Warning
June 22, 2011The Allegheny County 9-1-1 call-taker criticized for not relaying a gun warning to three police officers who were killed responding to a Stanton Heights call broke her silence on her actions on Monday. Shannon Basa-Sabol testified as the first witness in the capital case against Richard Poplawski.
Read full articleMan on Phone with 9-1-1 Wounds Officers Kicking in Door
June 22, 2011Dallas, Texas — As men tried to kick in the door, Steven Ray Jones begged a 9-1-1 operator to quickly send the police. Jones, believing the attackers who critically injured his cousin had returned, opened fire as the door to the Pleasant Grove apartment flew open. But it wasn’t the bad guys. It was the police.
Read full articleNorthCom Event Aims to Solve Disaster Communication Issues
June 22, 2011By Tom Roeder, The Gazette Original publication date: June 19, 2011 Colorado Springs, Colo. — U.S. Northern Command has wrapped…
Read full articleHam Radio Operators’ Field Day
June 22, 2011Walnut Creek, Calif. — Try your hand at ham radio and learn about local emergency communications at the 2011 Mt. Diablo Amateur Radio Club’s 2011 Field Day, being held from 11 a.m. Saturday through 11 a.m. Sunday — 24 hours — at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek.
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