ALLEGHENY CO., Pa. – An Allegheny County 911 dispatcher has been suspended after he was charged with assaulting his 2-month-old son.
Michael Koban, 34, is facing charges of….
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced local emergency call centers can apply for grants to upgrade to Next Generation 911 (NG 9-1-1) technology. The funding is made possible by a $4.3 million grant from the federal 911 Grant Program.
“These funds will help expand Ohio’s 911 capabilities to keep up with today’s technology,” Governor DeWine said. “By transmitting better information and more accurate locations, Next Generation 911 helps our first responders better assist Ohioans in need.”
NG 9-1-1 is an Internet Protocol-based system that enables….
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luzerne County is on the receiving end of a $1 million state grant to help pay for much-needed upgrades to its 911 radio system.
While the announcement is considered good news, it’s a drop in the bucket considering the total cost of those upgrades. The overall project will cost around $20 million. County officials tell Eyewitness News at this point, every dollar counts.
“We got $1 million. $1 million more than we had yesterday. We take these little steps to move us forward,” Luzerne County Manager Dave Pedri said.
Pedri keeps it all in perspective but he knows….
STRASBURG, Colo. — When a 911 call came in about a rollover crash on a rural road in Adams County in August, dispatchers initially believed the crash happened about 16 miles away from the actual location.
In the call, initiated by one of the victims of the crash, he sounds confused about where he is. He hands the phone to a woman who identified herself as “Debbie” and witnessed the crash about a minute into the call.
“We’re at 5401 Calhoun Byers road,” Debbie tells the Metcom dispatcher, saying she identified the address from a mailbox of a home along that road.
The computer had plotted….
A 911 dispatcher for the Lee County Sheriff’s Office has been suspended for two days and placed on six months of disciplinary probation after she told a man to dispose of evidence. Authorities say that Amanda Kinzler called a man on a recorded landline who was surrounded by Fort Myers police officers.
She told the man, who was not identified, to “get rid of it,” referring to marijuana he had on him. He told her that he threw in the bushes, and she confirmed that he
