by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 11, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a fact sheet on telephony denial of service attacks (TDoS) and how stakeholders can prevent these threats from disrupting public safety operations. CISA said Tuesday that TDoS attacks are meant to overload the networks of emergency communications facilities such as 911 dispatch centers through various attack vectors.
The guide, titled “Cyber Risks to 911: Telephony Denial of Service”, provides…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 11, 2020 | Comm Center News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State University Police and Public Safety (UPPS) has appointed Iris Richardson as the department’s first director of diversity, equity and inclusion, following a national search that began in 2019.
Iris Richardson has been named Penn State University Police and Public Safety’s first director of diversity, equity and inclusion. In this newly added position, Richardson will be committed to developing overall diversity, equity and inclusion programming for UPPS while also serving the Penn State community…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
It was late one night when the calls started coming in for a cow running loose on the streets of Westminster.
The cow ran down streets with officers chasing it for more than an hour. At one point the cow even jumped over the hood of a police unit, damaging the vehicle.
It was hectic — and funny, said Westminster Police Department Communications Supervisor Sonia Kelly…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 9, 2020 | Comm Center News
The public is cordially invited to attend a Ground Breaking Ceremony scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on June 17, for the new City of Jacksonville Public Safety Complex.
The facility will be built on city-owned property at the corner of S. Bolton St. and Devereaux St.
The 27,365-square-foot complex will cost about $9 million and will be funded by the General Fund debt service…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 9, 2020 | Comm Center News
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Emergency medical dispatchers across North America can now quickly direct 911 callers during time-critical cardiac emergencies to the closest automated external defibrillator (AED), thanks to the implementation of an AED geolocation plan by Priority Dispatch and the PulsePoint Foundation. The partnership between Priority Dispatch and PulsePoint allows 911 dispatchers to…
