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Deadline Extended: Nominate a PSFA Fellow Today!
January 24, 2012The deadline to nominate a PSFA Public Safety Fellow has been extended to March 1, 2012. The Public Safety Foundation…
Read full articleTeen Texting Tipline: Fighting Crime by Cell
January 23, 2012Police in the nation’s capital have turned teens’ texting prowess into a crime-fighting tool, and Mayor Nutter is bringing the idea home from last week’s meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Read full articleDispatch or Be Dispatched? Wisconsin City Considers Value of Joint Communications
January 23, 2012New Berlin – In search of potential savings, both in terms of operational and capital costs, the city has hired a consultant to look into whether New Berlin might be better off if the Waukesha Communications Center answered fire and police calls.
Read full articleCascade 9-1-1 Service Temporarily Out
January 23, 2012Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) CASCADE, Iowa – 911 service in the Cascade area was out temporarily Wednesday afternoon. Officials from…
Read full articleFCC’s Final Rule on Amending the Definition of Interconnected VoIP Service Sent to House
January 23, 2012WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 — The House Energy and Commerce Committee has received an executive branch communication from Federal Communications Commission….
Read full articleColo. Girl Escapes Apparent Kidnapper, Calls 9-1-1
January 23, 2012DENVER (AP) – A missing 9-year-old girl escaped from an apparent kidnapper and called 9-1-1 herself from a convenience store in Colorado Springs on Friday.
Read full articleRevved Up to Treat Strokes
January 23, 2012Key message: If you recognize a stroke, call 9-1-1. As part of the emergency stroke system, 911 dispatchers and paramedics are trained to identify possible stroke cases, looking for obvious signs like drooping on one side of the face, weakness on one side of the body and slurred speech.
Read full articleTennessee: 9-1-1 Fee Lawsuit Adds Allegations
January 23, 2012Lawyers for Hamilton County 911 have added new allegations and another county to a federal lawsuit against AT&T/BellSouth that seeks a decade’s worth of unpaid fees. The fees could total between $4.5 million and $9 million for Hamilton County 911.
Read full articleNext Generation 9-1-1 Institute Elects New Board of Directors
January 23, 2012Washington, DC — The Next Generation 9-1-1 Institute (NG9-1-1 Institute) has announced the results of its 2012 election for six…
Read full articleBaltimore County Police Dispatcher, Stacy Starkloff, Deals with ‘Slice of Real Life’
January 19, 2012“You have to have a backbone with the police officers,” Stacy Starkloff says. Additionally, she has to remain calm in stressful situations and, regardless of whether or not she is nervous, she cannot give up and has to pull through. Starkloff is also a fast talker. “It works to my advantage,” she says.
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