"Consolidation"
Florida: Regional 9-1-1 System Urged
April 4, 2013CLEARWATER If you dial 911 in Pinellas County, a person answers your call in the basement of a building in downtown Clearwater and, if a crime is involved, transfers your call to your local law enforcement agency, often many miles away.
Read full articleArea 9-1-1 Consortium Takes Shape 8 Counties Plan 1st-in-Indiana Unified System
April 2, 2013A multicounty emergency dispatch network that would allow one northeast Indiana county to take over when communications are down in another has taken a step toward reality.
Read full articleMassachusetts: Home Rule, Independence Regionalizing Town Services a Challenge to Communities
March 20, 2013It seems everyone wants to cut the cost of municipal government. But in New England, with its firmly rooted history of home rule and Yankee independence, collaborating to share services across community borders has often been a challenge.
Read full articleHingham Mass. Fire Captains Voice Concerns About 4-Town Dispatch Center
February 19, 2013Hingham Fire Department shift commanders want selectmen to investigate the quality of service being provided by a regional emergency dispatch center that has been in operation for more than a year.
Read full articleCities Study Merging 9-1-1 Centers
January 2, 2013Four Columbus suburbs will spend more than $50,000 in state grants to study the feasibility of merging their 9-1-1 dispatching operations.
Read full articleDade City Gets Pitch on Consolidation of 9-1-1 Service
November 16, 2012Dade City commissioners were told Tuesday that emergency 911 service would improve if the city buys into a consolidation plan being organized by county and local law enforcement agencies.
Read full articleToo Many Police Dispatch Centers in San Mateo County, Grand Jury Says
July 19, 2012Thirteen police dispatch centers serve communities throughout San Mateo County and that’s just too many, according to a civil grand jury report released Tuesday that encourages cities to share staff for cost savings and efficiencies.
Read full articleDispatchers Receive Financial Incentives
July 14, 2012New Berlin – Keeping critical emergency 911 dispatchers on the job when they know they won’t be working for New Berlin this time next year is as tricky as handling five 911 calls all at once.
Read full articleBarre Switches to Regional 9-1-1 System
July 2, 2012BARRE (Mass.): The voice answering the 9-1-1 call may be unfamiliar, but other than that the move today from local to regional dispatch should be seamless, Police Chief Erik Demetropoulos said.
Read full articleOfficials Welcome Devens Regional Dispatch Center
June 27, 2012DEVENS — On Tuesday, ground broke on 270 Barnum Road on Devens, the site of the future Nashoba Valley Regional Dispatch Center.
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