Kansas City to request emergency 911 system meeting (MO)
If approved, people who call 911 could hear a prompt asking them to push 1 to contact police, 2 for fire, or 3 for EMS before hearing a dispatcher’s voice.
Tyrell Morris resigns as Orleans Parish communications director (LA)
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – According to a release sent out on Monday (June 26) afternoon, Orleans Parish Communication District Executive Director Tyrell Morris has announced his resignation.
Bryan Man Arrested For Making Abusive 9-1-1 Calls Also Charged With Public Intoxication … (TX)
Brazos County sheriff’s deputies make an arrest after a man calls 9-1-1 eight times and the non-emergency dispatch number seven times during a five hour period last Sunday.
City’s 911 fails to answer 31 calls a day (FL)
HIALEAH, Fla. — When Paulo Rivero fell from the roof of his home in West Hialeah, his wife, Aida, immediately called 911.
But no one answered while her husband was unconscious on the ground. Eventually, after repeated calls, an emergency operator got on the line. Aida Rivero, in her 70s, took her husband to the hospital.
911 dispatcher at heart of scandal fired (AL)
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) – The city of Dothan fired a 911 dispatch supervisor facing charges that she conspired to provide sensitive law enforcement data to a blogger.
