Orange County names new 911 chief – (NY)
GOSHEN – An Orange County emergency services employee who began in 2004 as a public safety dispatcher, has been named deputy 911 commissioner.
Orange County EOC prepares for Hurricane Ian – (FL)
It will get much busier at the Orange County EOC in the next 24 hours as Ian gets closer to the sunshine state. Orlando’s emergency operations center will also be operating with full staffing beginning Wednesday. Both of the hubs for emergency communications will help the city and the county track the storm’s approach and use hundreds of cameras in the metro area and along the major highways to see how the storm is affecting traffic, and even to detect damage as the worst of the winds and rain blow through.
MPD reports longer response times to 911 emergency calls (MN)
Minneapolis police say it’s taking too long to respond to dangerous and immediate emergencies.
Last week, interim Minneapolis Police Chief Amelia Huffman told a City Council committee the average 911 response time for officers citywide is now eight and a half minutes, which includes high-priority calls known as Priority 1 calls.
911 call priority system updated in effort to trim police response times – (LA)
Until a few days ago, New Orleans’ 911 emergency dispatch system didn’t make a distinction between a robbery in progress and one that took place weeks ago.
But under a change that went into effect this weekend, the system will stop assigning old incidents the same priority designation it does for those that are still happening when the call is made.
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Serve & Protect: Dispatcher Sarah Hines – (IN)
Sarah Hines is multi-lingual. English, of course. French. German. Japanese.
And, emergency dispatch.
