"Consolidation"
Los Gatos and Campbell Consider Consolidation of Their 9-1-1 Dispatch Centers
September 27, 2011“The dispatchers are the first contact a victim has with the police department,” Campbell Police Chief Greg Finch said, “so we’d have to see what we’d gain from consolidation.” He called the possibility of consolidation a new reality given the economic times.
Read full articleMerged Dispatching Is Mixed Bag
September 21, 2011Shared 911 centers are saving for some cities but costing others. One planned for Scott County has lost momentum.
Read full articleNorthern Middlesex Eyes Regional 9-1-1 Service
August 1, 2011LOWELL, Ma. — With Greater Lowell cities and towns facing budget challenges because of steep declines in state aid in recent years, they have been forced to become more creative about how to achieve cost savings. One solution Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration has aggressively promoted to help municipalities achieve budget efficiencies is regionalization.
Read full articleCity Disappointed with County Approval of PSAP Proposal
July 28, 2011ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — During its regular meeting Tuesday, the Alamogordo City Commission voted down a proposal from the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration to resolve the PSAP consolidation issue, a point of contention between local officials and the state for nearly a decade.
Read full articleOfficials Discuss Sharing Communications Services
March 31, 2011Spurred by the desire to contain costs, a group of seven townships and cities — including Dublin, Grove City, Hilliard, Upper Arlington and Worthington — met yesterday to brainstorm setting up a joint communications center for their police and fire agencies. But some agencies that already handle dispatching for several jurisdictions weren’t invited.
Read full articleDispatchers for Two Cities Close to Uniting in Portland
March 4, 2011Portland, Maine — South Portland and Portland will consolidate all of their emergency communications in a few months, so that incoming calls and outgoing directions to police, fire and medical teams will be handled in one location.
Read full articleVallejo, Benicia Won’t Combine 9-1-1 Dispatchers
January 18, 2011Vallejo, Calif. — Vallejo and Benicia public safety departments have decided against consolidating their dispatch centers, officials said. The plan would have resulted in a six-fold increase in the volume of fire calls routed to Benicia dispatchers, Benicia police officials said in August. Benicia gets about 2,000 calls annually; Vallejo, 12,000.
Read full article5 Massachusetts Towns to Study Regional Dispatch
January 7, 2011Douglas, Ma. — A draft agreement for a feasibility study to regionalize emergency dispatch services among Douglas, Northbridge, Sutton, Uxbridge and Upton will be presented to selectmen for approval at the their next meeting, Town Administrator Michael J. Guzinski told the board at its Jan. 4 meeting.
Read full articleItasca Might Consolidate 9-1-1 Dispatch
December 3, 2010Itasca, Ill. — About three dozen Itasca residents, volunteers, police officers and dispatchers spoke out Tuesday night against a proposal to consolidate the Itasca Police Department’s emergency dispatch center.
Read full articleStill Working out JECC’s Bugs
November 15, 2010Iowa City, Iowa — More than four months after its opening, the Joint Emergency Communications Center still is experiencing technical and operational problems, but local law enforcement officials say that doesn’t have them concerned.
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