Athens-Clarke policeman honored for emergency 911 efforts (GA)
Athens-Clarke Deputy Police Chief Keith Kelly recently received the 2023 Leadership in Advocacy Award for his work in emergency 911 operations.
City of Hayward says computer network restored 2 weeks after cyberattack discovered (CA)
CHP in Bay Area responds to having longest 911 answering times in California
Out of the 450 911 call centers across California, CHP Golden Gate Division had the longest averaging answering time in the state in 2023, according to California Office of Emergency Services’ data analyzed by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit.
Located in Vallejo, CHP Golden Gate Division receives tens of thousands of 911 calls every month from callers driving on freeways and highways across all nine Bay Area counties.
Program sending more money to Virginia’s emergency communication centers (VA)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – A new state grant program will help people working in public safety.
The Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle Emergency Communications Center plans to use this grant program to invest more into its dispatchers.
“Remarkable people:” two county employees serving from the shadows face emergencies (MS)
Tracey Porter and Lisa Buchanan, according to their supervisor, are exceptional employees who have been working for years to coordinate the best responses to emergency situations for citizens around Vicksburg and beyond.
In the lower level of the Vicksburg Courthouse, you will find the rooms devoted to Emergency Management and with it, its team, lead by one John Elfer. This team’s main priority according to Elfer is “to save lives.”
