"9-1-1"
Educate Kids on Appropriate 9-1-1 Etiquette
March 5, 2013Tim Lee, executive director of the Consolidated Communications Partnership, said teaching children when and why to call 9-1-1 is one of the best ways to reduce the number of unnecessary calls.
Read full articleExtended 9-1-1 Service Planned in Rockingham County
March 4, 2013A few years ago, the idea of texting an emergency to 9-1-1 would have sounded far-fetched. But with more people communicating through text messages than ever before, emergency officials say it only makes sense for dispatchers to start accepting texts and even pictures from accident scenes in the future.
Read full articleTexas Woman Calls 9-1-1 Asking for Cigarettes
February 20, 2013A Texas woman wanted to make sheriff’s deputies the butt of a joke, but she picked the wrong audience when she called 9-1-1 to have cigarettes delivered to her home.
Read full articleCops: Pocket Dial, Low Battery Led to Ohio Burglar
February 11, 2013Authorities in Ohio say a pocket-dialing prowler got himself arrested after his cellphone turned informant. Twice.
Read full articleTenn: County 9-1-1 Panel Oks $4.4M Contract
February 11, 2013A $4.4 million contract to develop a seamless countywide computerized mapping system that will pinpoint every address, fire hydrant, driveway, manhole cover and other roadway features was approved by the Shelby County 9-1-1 board.
Read full articleNothing But 9-1-1
February 6, 2013With aldermen bracing for the political fallout, Chicago is implementing a dramatic change in 9-1-1 dispatch to free the equivalent of 44 police officers a day to respond to the most serious crimes.
Read full articlePolice: Fla. Man Arrested After Pocket-Dialing 9-1-1
January 31, 2013A conversation with two passengers landed a Florida tow truck driver in jail after his cellphone pocket-dialed 9-1-1 and dispatchers listened in.
Read full articleOff-duty New York 9-1-1 Operator Helps Nab Armed Teen
January 29, 2013An off-duty 9-1-1 operator helped police capture a pistol-packing teen on a crowded Staten Island city bus by cleverly texting a co-worker to report the armed gunman, cops said.
Read full articleNY 9-1-1 Call Details Escape From Plane in Hudson
January 29, 2013Two people whose single-engine plane crashed into the icy Hudson River were rescued after following a 9-1-1 dispatcher’s orders to get out of the plane just before it sank.
Read full articlePolice Sent to Chris Brown Home in Latest 9-1-1 Hoax
January 23, 2013LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have responded to Chris Brown’s home after they received a call about a domestic violence situation that turned out to be false.
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