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Woman Raped by Milwaukee Officer Files Lawsuit
March 26, 2013A woman raped by a Milwaukee police officer who responded to her 9-1-1 call in July 2010 has filed a civil suit against the former officer, the Police Department, Chief Edward Flynn and the city.
Read full articleMaine: Police Delay Did Not Affect Care in Plow Accident
March 26, 2013State and county officials say a miscommunication among dispatchers delayed the state police’s response to the death of a child who was hit by his father’s plow in Greene on Wednesday. Officials said the delay did not have any impact on the medical response.
Read full articleSteuben County E9-1-1 Communication Center Is First in New York State to Launch Text to 9-1-1 for Verizon Wireless Customers
March 26, 2013Verizon Wireless customers in Steuben County can now send a short message service (SMS) text message to 911 for emergency…
Read full articleKansas Utility to Implement Cutting-Edge Trunked Digital Network
March 25, 2013Large, reliable electric utility selects Tait to migrate its disparate, aging radio networks into a new, open standard Digital Mobile Radio network
Read full articleDispatcher Keeps Girl Calm During Home Robbery
March 22, 2013Veteran police dispatcher kept young girl safe during home invasion.
Read full articleWest Virginia: New 9-1-1 System Accelerates Response Times
March 21, 2013On a “cool” scale of one to 10, Kanawha County’s new computerized 911 dispatch system is about an 11.
Read full article9-1-1 Thriller Gets Hung Up on Cheesy Melodrama
March 20, 2013“The Call” is an extreme-jeopardy thriller that holds its audience in a hypnotic degree of tension most of the way – up until the end when it sinks to the level of a TV movie.
Read full articleNew Jersey County’s Dispatch System Getting Upgrade
March 20, 2013“That’s true interoperability,” said James Jankowski, county public safety department’s chief of communications [Camden County]. “It’s not a sound bite.”
Read full articleMassachusetts: Home Rule, Independence Regionalizing Town Services a Challenge to Communities
March 20, 2013It seems everyone wants to cut the cost of municipal government. But in New England, with its firmly rooted history of home rule and Yankee independence, collaborating to share services across community borders has often been a challenge.
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So You Want to be a Dispatcher …
March 21, 2013Do you know what it takes to be a public safety telecommunicator?
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