by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
(JUDAH) – Marshall Township Fire Chief Jason Lewis has asked that Marshall Township be provided an automatic mutual aid agreement with Monroe Fire Protection District in Monroe County.
He made the request during last month’s Lawrence County 9-1-1 Board Meeting.
The automatic mutual aid agreement will be for calls of fires and auto accidents in the township. The agreement will benefit Marshall Township during the daytime and on weekdays when the department is short-staffed…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office was awarded national accreditation on July 31, 2020 by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA ®) in the Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program. BSO was first accredited on July 31, 2010. This is the agency’s fourth award of national accreditation.
Following a multi-year self-assessment phase and a meticulous site-based assessment of community engagement, policy, procedures, equipment and facilities by CALEA assessors, Colonel Oscar Llerena, Director of Regional Communications Angela Mize, Assistant Director of Regional Communications Tara Thomas and Accreditation Manager Jessica Doriety attended CALEA’s 2020 Virtual Conference. Each agency being reviewed, goes before CALEA’s 21-member Board of Commissioners where the commission reviews all findings and determines the agencies’ accreditation status.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
Charleston County law enforcement agencies completed a switch to fully encrypted radio communications this week, effectively blocking the public from hearing transmissions and prompting transparency concerns.
For the past 18 months, agencies including the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office and the Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island police departments have been transitioning their communications to encrypted radio channels.
Previously, anyone with a commercially available scanner could listen to officers’ and deputies’ communications as they responded to dispatch calls…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
ROANOKE, Va. – Dispatchers in the Star City now have a new place to call home, which they say will help them better serve the community.
The new building that houses emergency communications in Roanoke is state-of-the-art.
“We’ll be able to actually tell if it’s raining or snowing rather than just waiting for the phone calls to come in,” explained Roanoke E-911 Systems Coordinator John Powers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
New York ’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of 22 new, purpose-built FirstNet cell sites and other network enhancements. This new infrastructure is part of the FirstNet network expansion taking place across the state, bringing increased coverage, capacity and capabilities for public safety. This includes a new FirstNet site in Gasport.
FirstNet is the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built for America’s first responders and the extended public safety community. It’s built with AT&T in a public-private partnership with the FirstNet Authority – an independent agency within the federal government…
