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Experts Say Recent Deaths of Mentally Ill Highlight Need for Police Officer Training
July 10, 2012Deadly encounters between law enforcement officers and persons suffering from mental illness are not a new phenomenon. … Calling the police is sometimes the worst thing someone can do when dealing with a mentally ill person, according to Dave Meyer, a professor in the Institute of Psychiatry, Law and the Behavioral Sciences at the USC Keck School of Medicine.
Read full articleSurveillance Requests to Cellphone Carriers Surge
July 9, 2012WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made more than 1.3 million requests for consumers’ cellphone records in 2011, a surge over previous years that reflected the increasingly gray area between privacy and technology.
Read full articleOhio: New 9-1-1 Center Finally to See Light of Day
July 9, 2012Workers are about to begin tearing down walls at the old Licking-Muskingum Community Correction Center to create the Licking County Joint Communications Center, a $2 million renovation and merger that should be complete in the next year.
Read full articleAccident or Emergency? Local Dispatchers Take Nearly 30,000 Unverified 9-1-1 Calls Per Year
July 9, 20129-1-1 hang ups and misdials accounted for about 8 percent of 9-1-1 calls to both the Collier and Lee sheriff’s offices and about 10 percent to Naples police.
Read full articleTexas: 9-1-1 Calltakers Get More Detailed
July 9, 2012New system will allow 9-1-1 calltakers to ask more and better questions to determine the severity of the medical emergencies and simultaneously to dispatch the resources.
Read full article9-1-1 Dispatcher’s Voice a Lifeline
July 9, 2012More than 40 miles apart, a dispatcher and a stranger made a life-saving connection
Read full articleBangor Man Arrested after Calling 9-1-1 from Home He Broke Into to Report Being Chased by Dogs, Police Say
July 5, 2012BANGOR, Maine — A Bangor man was arrested on the Fourth of July after he called 911 from a home he had broken into because he said he thought dogs were chasing him, according to police.
Read full articleProposed Fee for 9-1-1 Calls in Murrieta Much Debated
July 5, 2012A proposed $350 emergency medical fee was debated by the Murrieta City Council on Tuesday evening, July 3.
Read full articleMontgomery Ambulance Fee May Face New Petition
July 5, 2012Montgomery County officials have revived the county’s only law ever to be rejected by referendum, and opponents are contemplating another challenge.
Read full articleDefibrillator Registry Means Collier Countians Can Get Critical Help Fast
July 5, 2012Surviving a cardiac crisis is all about timing. How quickly someone can administer care via an automated external defibrillator is critical. For people who have a cardiac event, Collier County Emergency Medical Services has recently upgraded its AED program to an automated system that will ultimately help get AEDs to victims faster.
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