Brown County dispatcher resigns during committee meeting as concerns grow over 911 center (WI)

BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) – A Brown County dispatcher resigned Wednesday during a Public Safety Committee meeting, citing working conditions inside the county’s 911 center.

“My resignation comes with extreme heartbreak as this was my passion and was meant to be a lifelong career for me, but I will never lower my standards, I will never compromise my integrity and values, and I will never be threatened to keep my mouth shut,” Conley said.

Klobuchar, Budd Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Deploy Next Generation 9-1-1 Systems

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ted Budd (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate Next Generation 9-1-1 Caucus, and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced bipartisan legislation to accelerate federal efforts to modernize the nation’s 9-1-1 systems. This funding will help ensure that states and local governments can deploy next generation 9-1-1 systems across the country. In the House, this legislation is led by Representatives Hudson (R-NC) and Carter (D-LA).