by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 10, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
FCC Releases New Report on Supply Chain Security and Verizon Failed
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant
The answer to this question is simple, “extremely important”. We know that every agency spends considerable funds on ensuring that their public safety networks are secure from tampering, hacking, eavesdropping and data theft. We know that the security of criminal justice information, patient data and other files are required by law to be protected. Law enforcement has concerns about protecting information about criminal activity, witnesses and employees. We know that every link in these systems must be managed and protected…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 9, 2020 | Comm Center News
A woman there was arrested several times over the Labor Day weekend after repeatedly calling 9-1-1 to “scream and yell at operators,” according to police.
Christine Diliberto of Saugerties has had 106 arrests in the last four years, but the issues began early Friday morning of Labor Day weekend after she repeatedly called local police for hours. She was arrested after antagonizing emergency dispatchers, and screaming obscenities. She also started calling the Ulster County 9-1-1 center and doing the same…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 8, 2020 | Comm Center News
COTTONWOOD – Commander Jody Makuch of the Cottonwood Police Department was killed Monday afternoon in a motorcycle accident in Cottonwood, according to a new release posted on the Northern Arizona University Police Department Facebook page.
Makuch was off-duty riding his motorcycle through Cottonwood when a vehicle drifted left of center and struck the police commander head-on, stated the NAUPD release…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 8, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Southampton Village Board approved hiring two new public safety dispatchers on Friday, making for total of three new dispatchers hired in the last two weeks. The move comes after pressure from the dispatchers union president to fill months-long vacancies that the union president called a dangerous situation.
During a special meeting on Friday, Mayor Jesse Warren and the board hired George Carentz and Christian Bobinski to fill those positions. At a board meeting on August 25, the village hired Alfred Callahan Jr. to fill a recently vacated dispatcher position. Callahan is also the Southampton Fire Department’s first assistant chief…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 8, 2020 | Comm Center News
On September 23, chart-topping country music star Craig Morgan will host a livestream concert on Facebook to benefit America’s 9-1-1 emergency call takers.
The concert will be a highlight of NENA Ignite, a virtual conference hosted by NENA: The 9-1-1 Association. The free-to-attend and open-to-all concert will be broadcast live on Morgan’s Facebook page on the 23rd at 4:00 p.m. CST. 100% of funds raised will support education and wellness programs for hard-working 9-1-1 public-safety professionals in communities across the United States. Click here to make a contribution and/or to submit a question for Craig Morgan to potentially answer live during the event.
The concert is presented thanks to a partnership between NENA and DATAMARK, a leading North American business focused on public safety, GIS and Next Generation (NG) 9-1-1 technology…
