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Serving His State: Donald Kottlowski Discusses Interoperability in Indiana
October 20, 2011APCO International stalwart Donald Kottlowski has parlayed his lifelong interest in radio technology into a 38-year career serving his home…
Read full articleFire Chief: Don’t Be Afraid to Call 9-1-1 for Help
October 19, 2011Anyone heading to a hospital emergency room should call 911 for a ride.
Read full articleTeen Faces Charges after 911 Prank
October 19, 2011A Shelton High School student has been charged with calling in a phony 911 call after a responding firetruck collided with two vehicles Thursday morning [Oct. 13], injuring one person, police said.
Read full articleBaby Saved after 9-1-1 Dispatcher Talks Desperate Dad through CPR
October 19, 2011An Elmwood Park 911 dispatcher talked a desperate father through CPR after his 3-week-old daughter stopped breathing, and paramedics were later able to resuscitate the girl on the way to the hospital.
Read full articleCorny Story: Danvers Dispatcher Deftly Fields 9-1-1 call
October 19, 2011The item about a family who called 911 on Columbus Day to report they were lost in a Danvers corn maze has “gone viral,” as they say. And we’re not surprised. This is just the sort of story that news outlets love to sink their teeth into, whether typewriter-style or in neat columns.
Read full articleFitchburg Training New Police Dispatchers
October 19, 2011By Michael Hartwell, Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) FITCHBURG — Things are looking a little less bright for criminals in…
Read full articleAldermen, Union Fight 9-1-1 Cuts
October 19, 2011Chicago firefighter-turned-alderman Nick Sposato (36th) and the union representing fire dispatchers maneuvered Monday to kill Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to reduce the ranks of police and fire dispatchers at the city’s 911 emergency center.
Read full articleCounty Still Searching for Dispatch Answer
October 19, 2011AUBURN — The controversy over who will answer when local people dial 911 goes on.
County commissioners have tossed out a September 2010 vote to merge Androscoggin County’s emergency dispatching center with Lewiston-Auburn 911, a move that would have created a single hub for the county’s emergency calls.
Read full articleJoint Senate Commerce and Waxman Letters to Super Committee Call for D Block Allocation to Public Safety
October 18, 2011The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) today applauded Ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Henry Waxman, and Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison, as the leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee, for their continued support in pushing for comprehensive spectrum legislation to be enacted in Congress this year for jobs, the economy, deficit reduction and public safety.
Read full articleShotSpotter Explores How Public Safety Agencies Can Build Trust and Confidence with Community Policing Strategies Aided by Public Safety Technology
October 18, 2011ShotSpotter, Inc. recently announced the availability of a public safety industry white paper titled “Community Policing and the ShotSpotter Gunshot Location Solution,” an exploration of how public safety agencies can leverage the ShotSpotter gunfire location solution as a force multiplier and person-to-person policing to combat gang violence, gun violence and gain community trust.
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