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Vermont Enhanced 9-1-1 Board Launches Statewide Text-to-9-1-1 Trial for Emergency Help
April 19, 2012Verizon Wireless customers can send a text message to 9-1-1 from locations in Vermont for emergency help as part of a six-month trial to test the potential of this technology.
Read full articleNew York City War Over 9-1-1 Report
April 16, 2012Josh Margolin, The New York Post The city [New York City] will appeal a Supreme Court ruling this week requiring…
Read full articleDispatch Woes Rankle Officials
April 12, 2012The 12-hour blackout of the Police Department’s dispatch center last week renewed calls to overhaul communications for first responders, including a plan to upgrade the Hollywood Hills site that experienced the recent breakdown.
Read full articleCassidian Communications Partners with Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc., to Upgrade Billings, Mont., 9-1-1 Center
April 11, 2012The most populous county in Montana—Billings—now equipped with the NG9-1-1 call processing solution, Sentinel® Patriot® New system allows for increased…
Read full articleWireless Providers to Disable Stolen Phones
April 10, 2012WASHINGTON (AP) — Major wireless service companies have agreed to disable cellphones after they are reported stolen under a strategy intended to deter the theft and resale of wireless devices.
Read full articleMaine: Dispatch Dispute Could Lead to Lawsuit
April 10, 2012CHINA — A long-running dispute between the state and the town over fees for dispatching police and sheriff’s officers could leave the town without that service or embroiled in a legal battle.
Read full articleJudge Orders NYC to Release Review of 9-1-1 System
April 9, 2012NEW YORK (AP) — New York City must release a consultant’s review of the city’s 911 system and emergency response times that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration has been fighting to keep private, a civil court judge decided Monday.
Read full articleLos Angeles Prosecutors Reject Charge in Police Shooting that Followed False 9-1-1 Call
April 5, 2012LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors tentatively rejected a request by Pasadena police Monday to file an involuntary manslaughter charge against a man who made a false report of being robbed by armed men.
Read full articleCalls Show Residents Panicked Over Colo. Wildfire
April 5, 2012DENVER (AP) — A woman believed killed in last week’s devastating Colorado wildfire called 911 soon after the fire broke out, and authorities said Wednesday her call, along with that of a couple later found dead at their burned home, were among the early ones dispatchers received reporting the blaze.
Read full articleNew York City Is Reportedly Squelching 9-1-1 Disaster Report
April 5, 2012The Bloomberg administration is waging an all-out battle to suppress a scathing report aptly called “911 CPR” – which has determined that the city’s emergency-dispatch system is on life support, The Post has learned. The document, formally known as the 911 Call Processing Review, charges that despite more than $2 billion shoveled at the problems, response times to emergencies, in which every second counts, have actually slowed.
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