JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The city of Jackson and its police department say they are making changes that will speed up the time it takes for you to receive emergency services.
Wednesday, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Interim Police Chief Joseph Wade went before the media to address the issues Jackson’s 911 dispatch center has faced.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – A former 911 dispatcher is pleading with St. Louis City to fix what she calls a broken system with a skeleton crew for a call center.
“When I left, we were holding calls for 2 to 3 hours,” says retired 911 police dispatcher Maureen Ramsey. “We would get people that they would send for us to interview that were wanted.”
NEWARK, N.J. — The man needed help, but he didn’t want help.
Suffering from a mental illness with nowhere to go but Newark Penn Station last month, the man could have been forced by police into a squad car or an ambulance and hauled away.
Instead, authorities say, a mental health worker paired with police officers talked the man into getting the help he needed.
Valley emergency responders and the residents they serve are getting additional tools to help with timely response, in instances where seconds matter.
Last week, the East Central Emergency Network, which handles the 911 system in Columbia and Montour counties, successfully transferred its emergency call traffic into the state’s Next Generation 911 network.
With FirstNet, schools can immediately notify 911 with critical information.
