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Pennsylvania: State Pushes Consolidated 9-1-1 Call Centers
June 25, 2013Michael McGrady, president of MCM Consulting Group in Peters, is working to consolidate 9-1-1 call centers in nine Western Pennsylvania counties by regionalizing technology at the Northern Tier Regional Telecommunications Project.
Read full articleDowners Grove’s Porter New President of Illinois Chiefs of Police
June 25, 2013Downers Grove Police Chief Robert A. Porter took office as president of the 1,200 member Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police (ILACP) at the organization’s Summer Conference in Downers Grove on June 21, along with six other new officers.
Read full articlePublic Safety Agencies Play Key Role in Product Development
June 24, 2013Radios are consistently used as a viable solution to provide dependable communications across numerous agencies, especially during times of emergency.
Read full articleEsri Press Announces Enabling Comprehensive Situational Awareness
June 24, 2013nabling Comprehensive Situational Awareness, the latest book from Esri Press, describes the benefits of integrating a geographic information system (GIS) with an emergency management common operating platform (COP).
Read full articleZetron’s MAX Call-Taking on Tablet PC Offers Quick, Secure,Remote Deployments
June 24, 2013Zetron announced that its IP-based i3 9-1-1 MAX Call-Taking system can now operate on a tablet PC.
Read full articleMore Kansas Agencies Deploy Saltus Technologies digiTICKET eCitation System
June 24, 2013Saltus Technologies announced that the police departments of Dodge City, Edwardsville, Merriam and Salina and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office have all purchased digiTICKET in the past six months.
Read full articleCassidian Communications VESTA /Sentinel 4 System Expands 9-1-1 Response Capabilities for Ridgecrest (Calif.) Police Department
June 24, 2013Cassidian Communications announces the selection and deployment of the new VESTA /Sentinel 4 Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) call taking system by the Ridgecrest (Calif.) Police Department.
Read full articleN.C.: Durham’s 9-1-1 Service Restored After Disruption
June 24, 2013Durham’s 9-1-1 emergency service was restored early Thursday afternoon after some callers couldn’t get through for more than three hours.
Read full articleNew York: Change Due in 9-1-1 Response Statistics
June 24, 2013The Bloomberg administration will announce today it is going to change the way it calculates response times to emergency 9-1-1 calls.
Read full articleOhio: Cost Limits High-Tech Radio Use
June 24, 2013Even in a small city such as Logan, it wasn’t always possible for police officers and dispatchers to talk to one another over the low-tech radio system.
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