by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 15, 2023 | Comm Center News
NJSACOP, through its New Jersey Law Enforcement Communications Accreditation Commission, is the legitimate authority and accreditation agency in the state of New Jersey. The Morris County Communications Center must comply with NJSACOP standards in order to achieve accredited status.
“Verification that the Morris Communications Center meets the Commission’s ‘best practices’ standards is part of a voluntary process to achieve accreditation, a highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional excellence,” said Emergency Communications Center Director Michael Peoples in announcing the assessment today.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 10, 2023 | Comm Center News
NEW ORLEANS — Earlier this week a woman posted to the social media app, Nextdoor. She says her husband was having a heart attack and after calling 911 multiple times and ambulance never arrived. She says she and her son drove her husband to the hospital.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 10, 2023 | Comm Center News
A bill adding criminal penalties for harassing 911 dispatchers or abusing the 911 system in Alaska is advancing closer to a vote in the state Senate after the Legislature failed to pass it last year.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 10, 2023 | Comm Center News
Hospitals and clinics across the nation are buckling under the weight of a staffing shortage, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency services and ambulatory care providers are also struggling to answer an increasing amount of 911 calls.
That was apparent when New Orleans Emergency Medical Services Lt. Noah Feldman received a 911 call to help a woman in labor in mid-November. The woman, who went to her local community health center for a primary care visit, ended up feeling tremendous pain in her abdomen. The 911 dispatcher told Feldman that the woman needed an emergency cesarean section.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 8, 2023 | Comm Center News
OGDEN — A new program that streams 911 calls to deputies in their patrol vehicles may have helped save two lives already in its first three weeks of operation, the Weber County Sheriff’s Office says.
