CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (AP) — A wild ride on an interstate in central Ohio came to a safe end when a highway patrol dispatcher calmly instructed a driver how to stop her runaway SUV.
State troopers tried to clear traffic away from the vehicle. Police dashcam video posted on Facebook showed the vehicle weaving through traffic as the dispatcher, named Becky, told the driver to “listen to me right now.”
Communications systems used to handle emergencies on the island as well as several Puerto Rico Police buildings will benefit from over $1.6 million in grants awarded under FEMA’s Public Assistance program.
Emergency communication systems in Guayanilla, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Mayagüez and Yauco will be strengthened with the help of over $906,000 in grants. The communications network tower at the Emergency Management…
Recently, there has been a flurry of articles in the press, on Twitter, and on LinkedIn touting the advantages of Push-To-Talk over Broadband (PTT over LTE) and stressing that PTT over broadband is ready for primetime, which appears to be true with a few caveats. It is also true that multiple FirstNet-Certified broadband PTT applications are available, including three that currently interoperate with each other. However, there is no requirement for all PTT solutions to interoperate with one another, therefore it is unlikely we will see complete inter-vendor interoperability anytime soon…
The efforts of two Saint John police officers helped save the life of a woman 1,300 kilometres away in Ontario.
It all started Tuesday afternoon when the Saint John Public Safety Communications Centre received a call from Kids Help Phone.
They said a suicidal woman was texting them saying she was going to jump from the building where she works…
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently made a deal with the City of Palmer to build a new 911 dispatch center in Palmer. It was announced at a May 12 meeting of the Palmer City Council. But the origins and background of this deal reveal there is much more to the story.
DPS operates a 911 dispatch center in Fairbanks, known as the Northern Operations Center. They also operate a 911 dispatch center in Ketchikan, which serves Southeast Alaska. In Wasilla and Soldotna…
