"9-1-1"
Audit Finds Atlanta 9-1-1 Call Taking & Dispatching Greatly Delayed
October 26, 2011Delay of information is more than 10 times the national average.
Read full articleSanta Clara County Sheriff’s Office Releases Quarry Massacre Tapes
October 23, 2011By Sean Webby and Julia Prodis Sulek Mercury News As frantic calls came in from workers at the Cupertino cement…
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 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 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 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.
Read full articleShotSpotter and Data911 Partner to Deliver Real-Time Gunfire Location Alert Analysis Solution to In-Car Mobile Police Systems
October 18, 2011ShotSpotter, Inc. and Data911 Systems today announced their partnership in delivering real-time, wide-area acoustic surveillance and gunfire location alert and analysis services to Data911 mobile, in-car computer systems to provide patrol officers with the actionable intelligence needed to respond faster and safer to gunfire incidents.
Read full articleSuccessful Install of Zetron’s MAX Dispatch Sets a New Standard
October 18, 2011In order to ensure that first responders are sent to the scene of an emergency as quickly as possible, public-safety dispatchers must have communications equipment that is reliable and easy to use.
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