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New York: City, County Officials to Discuss Offer of Free Radios
June 11, 2012City and Niagara County officials will meet next week to discuss the county’s offer of $425,000 worth of free radios for the Lockport’s Police and Fire departments.
Read full articleNew Mexico: New County Dispatch Goes Live
June 11, 2012Luna County Central Dispatch went “live” on its New Mexico Department of Public Safety Premier Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system at 10:30 p.m., on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
Read full articleMissouri: Report Shows 9-1-1 Callers Experience Long Waits
June 11, 2012Members of a Public Safety Joint Communications committee charged with reorganizing the department and finding new funding said they knew the department was overburdened, but they didn’t know its workload was posing a possible risk to the community.
Read full articleDrug Dealer Mistakenly Sends Officer Text Messages
June 6, 2012SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Police say a drug dealer mistakenly sent messages to a California central coast police officer…
Read full articleWoman Pays Fine for Calling 9-1-1 about Dog Collapse
June 6, 2012O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman has paid a $100 fine for calling 911 to report her dog had…
Read full articleGov. O’Malley Makes First Call on Radio System Connecting Maryland’s First Responders
June 6, 2012From the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Gov. Martin O’Malley contacted state police and local government officials at Pikesville, Cecil County, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and Kent County on the Eastern Shore when he made the first call on the Maryland First Responders Interoperable Radio System Team, or “Maryland FiRST.”
Read full articlePlatteville (Iowa) Police Ramp up Efforts to Recycle Used Phones for 9-1-1 Use
June 5, 2012PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The Platteville Police Department is ramping up efforts to benefit victims of domestic violence as well as senior citizens by recycling unused cellphones.
Read full articleGovernor O’Malley, Colonel Brown, and Other State Officials to Make Ceremonial First Call on ‘Maryland FiRST’, The New Statewide 700 MHz Radio System
June 4, 2012(Baltimore, MD) – Governor Martin O’Malley will join Colonel Marcus Brown, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police, Ray Lehr, Director…
Read full articleColumbia (Mo.) Police Chief Ken Burton Advocates Broadening Tax Discussion Beyond 9-1-1
June 4, 2012Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton would like officials who are considering asking voters to approve a 911 tax in November to discuss broadening the request to be a countywide public safety tax.
Read full articleBoard Approves 9-1-1 Call Center Deal
June 1, 2012Vivian Sade, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Fort Wayne and Allen County officials learned Wednesday that the long-awaited project to update…
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