People calling 911 won’t see any difference in responses involving Stanislaus County deputies next week, despite prior alarming predictions.
Dispatching will continue as normal for now because a new software system for most other public safety agencies throughout the county needs an upgrade and isn’t ready to be deployed, leaders learned Tuesday.
AVONDALE, Ariz. — The Avondale Police Department is doing what it can to keep up with the city’s rapid growth.
For the past nine months, the agency has been busy updating its Communication Center. Recently, the improvements have been finished, and dispatchers tell 12News it’s like night and day.
The Enhancing First Response Act would recognize dispatchers’ lifesaving role and improve emergency communications infrastructure
911 and public-safety networks have entered a pivotal phase. A convergence of technological breakthroughs and regulatory momentum is redefining how emergency-communications networks will be designed, deployed, and operated. These developments aren’t merely incremental—they’re transformative.
CANFIELD — Cheri Smith sits at the dispatch desk at the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol with a box of Cheerios nearby and 1980s music on the radio at a low volume.
It’s Thursday — the day before her official retirement date — but she will work for another two weeks because she wants to be sure the post is well staffed through the Canfield Fair.
Friday marked 40 years and one month since her career as a dispatcher began, and this is hardly the first time she’s put her colleagues first.
