A Harrison Police Department dispatcher was arrested for possessing over 1,000 images of child pornography after a joint investigation between the Harrison and Secaucus Police Departments, as well as the New Jersey State Police, authorities said.

Sugar Land City Council recently approved a resolution to utilize the construction manager at risk (CMAR) procurement method to build a new emergency operations center (EOC) and dispatch center.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska senators are ready to dial up new legislation after statewide 911 outages downed phone lines for operators at call centers. Over the past three to four months, the Nebraska Public Service Commission says it has sought to determine the cause...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – KRON4 learned Wednesday that major missteps kept hundreds of dispatching jobs unfilled in Oakland. A deep dive into the city’s hiring process revealed hundreds of applications were ignored for an entire year.  READ FULL ARTICLE

DARLINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - The Darlington County coroner identified a 21-year-old mother, who worked for the county as a 911 dispatcher, as the woman killed in a Wednesday night shooting.

The city of Norfolk was short 26 dispatchers as of Dec. 6. “It is more than normal, but unfortunately it is par for the course with the time that we’re seeing," Redick explained. "Not only regionally, but nationally."

At about 27,000 square miles covering parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, the Navajo Nation is one of the largest native reservations in the United States. Approximately 180,000 Navajo (out of a total population of 400,000) live on Diné Bikéyah, or Navajoland....

The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation Tuesday that could help solve an ongoing staffing shortage at the 911 call center. The bill, which had nine cosponsors, allows retired firefighters and police officers to work as call takers and dispatchers...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - An independent review appears to be the next step after an Oct. 13 fire at the Brookhollow Apartments in east Wichita. On Tuesday, the advisory board for Sedgwick County 911 determined the scope and selection process for a third-party...

Nov. 30—The family of Paoly Bedeski, a 22-year-old woman killed in a Wichita apartment fire last month, is calling for changes in the way Sedgwick County 911 handles emergency calls after a series of failures by call takers and dispatchers "cost Paoly her life."...