by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 10, 2022 | Comm Center News
ANAHEIM—Public Safety NG911 Coalition representatives expressed support for legislation that calls for as much as $10 billion in spectrum-auctions proceeds to be used to fund the transition to next-generation 911 technology, but they want the money to be available soon and believe more than $10 billion is necessary.
These statements were made yesterday during a session at the APCO 2022 event that was moderated by APCO CTO Mel Maier, chairman of the Public Safety NG911 Coalition.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
Tech exists to more accurately route 911 calls from phones to the correct 911 communications center, but Verizon — one of the three major carriers in the U.S. — has refused to install it in Denver and other regions.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 30, 2022 | Comm Center News
House members this week overwhelmingly voted to approve a bill calling for $10 billion to fund the transition to IP-based, next-generation 911 (NG911) technology and the extension of the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 29, 2022 | Comm Center News
On Friday July 22, Communications Director Christina Mortimer graduated from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials Institute (APCO), Certified Public Safety Executive (CPE) program. The graduation ceremony was held at the Shores Resort in Daytona Beach Shores. Chief David K Williams was present for the ceremony.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 29, 2022 | Comm Center News
The department is the first in Union County and the fifth in New Jersey to earn accreditation for the entire agency and the dispatch center, the chief said.
The Police-Fire-EMS Communications Center of the Westfield Police Department has earned a prestigious distinction, the police chief announced.
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