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David Turetsky Named FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Chief
May 23, 2012Washington, D.C. – Today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski named David S. Turetsky as Chief of the FCC’s Public Safety and…
Read full articlePulsePoint and Atrus Announce Strategic Partnership
May 23, 2012PLEASANTON, CA – Today, National AED Registry™ provider Atrus, Inc. announced that it will collaborate with PulsePoint, the nonprofit foundation…
Read full articleNY Girl, 4, Calls 9-1-1 to Help Save Choking Brother
May 21, 2012AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — They talked about calling 911 in Grace Varley’s prekindergarten class. She must have been listening.
Read full articleAndroscoggin County Commission Votes to Preserve County Dispatching
May 21, 2012LEWISTON — Androscoggin County commissioners ended a decade of debate Wednesday, voting 2-1 to maintain the ability to answer emergency calls and dispatch help in a county-run communications center.
Read full articleThe City of Los Angeles’ Fire Department’s Medical Response Slower
May 21, 2012The Daily News of Los Angeles The Los Angeles Fire Department’s response to medical emergencies slowed by 12 seconds citywide…
Read full articleSalt Lake City Looks to Combine Police, Fire 9-1-1 Centers
May 21, 2012Salt Lake City’s new public safety building is more than a year from its scheduled completion. But when it opens in July 2013, it will house a combined police and fire 911 emergency and dispatch center — if Mayor Ralph Becker gets his way.
Read full articleProsser Dispatch
May 18, 2012The Prosser City Council voted Tuesday to go from a city-run dispatch to a regionalized dispatch center in a 4-3 vote.
Read full articleSummit’s Secret Security Center
May 18, 2012From a secret suburban Chicago location, officials from more than 40 different agencies sit side by side with a giant central screen before them.
Read full articlePrince George’s County 9-1-1 Video
May 18, 2012Prince George’s County 911 Center explains the call taking and dispatching process. This 12-minute video offers a high-level overview of…
Read full articleRuling Backs Recorded Police Calls
May 17, 2012Phone conversations recorded in the “ordinary course” of police duties does not violate the Federal Wiretap Act, a federal appellate court ruled in 1999.
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