NENA Launches New Diversity & Inclusion Initiative, Seeks Members to Serve

America’s 9-1-1 professionals are coming together to demonstrate their continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, starting with the formation of a task force to examine these issues within NENA: The 9-1-1 Association and the greater 9-1-1 community.

NENA is accepting applications for its new Diversity & Inclusion Special Committee, which will explore how NENA, as an organization, and 9-1-1, as a public-safety service, can better support under-represented populations in this field…

911 Dispatcher-Sheriff&’s Dept. (IN)

Shelby County Sheriff’s Department is hiring for a Communications Officer/911 Dispatcher.  This position is full-time and comes with a complete benefits package including perf retirement.  Hire-in hourly rate is $17.07 and will go up to $18.16+ at 1-year anniversary.  Please view the posting and application at www.shelbycounty73.us   (Click on the Human Resources link)…

911, EMA settling into a much-needed new home (KY)

Jefferson County 911 and Emergency Management have spent the past year responding to their own emergency: creating enough office space to do their jobs to the fullest of their abilities.

Dispatch spent the month of July settling into its new home at the Jefferson County Public Safety Center on Green Road — a three-part office for 911, the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and space to house certain courthouse records — and planned to be fully operational in the new center June 23, but software glitches in the new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system caused delays while the department worked to make things right…

County feels ‘in the dark’ on new 911 call center project cost (SD)

Minnehaha County Commissioners say they were left “in the dark” about the projected price tag for their portion of a proposed 911 dispatch center and training facility for local law enforcement and firefighters. 

At last week’s joint city and county meeting, commissioners and Sioux Falls city councilors voiced confusion and surprise stemming from “sticker shock” of the $52 million estimated cost of the new public safety complex planned at 60th Street North and Sycamore Avenue…

Public Safety Leaders Unveil New Alliance to Protect Public Safety 4.9GHZ Spectrum

LAS VEGASAug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Public Safety Leaders Unveil New Alliance to Protect Public Safety 4.9GHZ Spectrum

The Public Safety Broadband Technology Association announce the formation of a new alliance with the goal of protecting 4.9GHz spectrum for public safety use.

Today, the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) in partnership with other associations and public safety leaders announce that they have formed the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA)…