A day-old baby girl died earlier this month, after D.C. 911 dispatched emergency crews to the wrong address for a newborn in cardiac distress.
Safety advocate Dave Statter, on his Statter911 website, said the parents of the newborn woke up, on July 3, to find their daughter not breathing and called 911.
Palm Bay residents who call 911 seeking help during emergencies — think active shooters, sexual assaults, even drowning swimmers — are waiting an average of 2 minutes longer for police officers to respond than they did in 2020.
The thinly spread Palm Bay Police Department ranks 241st out of Florida’s 246 municipal police departments in number of sworn officers (1.31) per 1,000 residents, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reports. That’s 161 officers serving a city of 122,765 people, according to 2021 statistics.
Iredell County Emergency Communications training coordinator Jody Sherrill was recognized recently by the Board of County Commissioners for being named the N.C. Association of Public Safety Communication Officials Trainer of the Year for 2022.
FULTON, Mo. — The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office is pursuing accreditation from a national program.
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies — CALEA — is a national group that provides an accreditation program for public safety agencies. In order to receive this distinction, an agency must show full compliance with CALEA standards.
State-of-the-art technology is now being used at the Carroll County 911 Dispatch Center located in the sheriff’s office at the Carroll County Courthouse after completion of a months-long major software and facility remodeling and upgrade.
