ORLANDO, Fla. — Law enforcement officers aren’t the only public servants working hard to keep Central Florida safe.
Orlando police Chief Eric Smith stopped by the Emergency Communications Center Friday night to thank dispatchers for their hard work taking countless calls daily.
The only female FDNY manager in the ongoing ageism lawsuit against Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh was cast at a disciplinary hearing last week as an “entitled” employee “who went rogue” and began firing off unprofessional emails to department heads.
But Carla Murphy, who for nearly three decades has managed FDNY Emergency Medical Service’s computer aided dispatch system, claims she’s a model staffer and was only hit with disciplinary charges after she questioned several dangerous moves made to the system that were authorized by Kavanagh and Deputy Commissioner JonPaul Augier.
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – Flood cleanup and recovery continues in Middlebury following last week’s deluge, and it has local officials working in close quarters.
ROCKLAND — Put public safety chiefs in a room together with a critical problem to solve, such as the demise of the county emergency dispatch center, and they won’t leave until a viable action plan is in place.
About four months after the city of Milwaukee watched the installation of its new 911 dispatch software fall apart, the city believes it has a solution in time for the 2024 Republican National Convention coming to town.
The resolution is crucial for a city that’s preparing for a national security event next summer and trying to overhaul and streamline its 911 communications system in general.
