CINCINNATI — The City of Cincinnati will launch a six-month pilot program that will send unarmed mental health and medical personnel to emergency calls for nonviolent and mental health crises.
From April 24 – 29, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hosted JamX 22, an exercise to counter electronic jamming at White Sands Missile Range with federal, state, local and industry participants. Building on the lessons learned from past JamX exercises in 2016 and 2017, S&T and CISA have partnered on research, technology developments, and new training to increase federal and first responder resilience to signal jamming threats…
NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJMN) – When a person in a crisis makes a 911 call, we may not think about how taking those serious calls can affect the dispatchers on the other line.
“There are several people who think you’re just a call taker. But another I guess cliche quote I like is if you could see what I hear. The stuff that we hear is gutwrenching. We are the first line of defense, and ones that point everyone in the right direction, we’re the ones that are trying to get all of the information that we can,” said Kristie Buruse, Marquette County dispatcher/co-coordinator of Central UP CISM…
A wage increase for emergency communications staff has found favor with the Lyon County Commission.
During the board’s weekly meeting, Lyon County Emergency Communications Director Roxanne Van Gundy submitted a request for a pay increase for full-time communications officers. Van Gundy is seeking a $1 increase to bring starting wages from $16.90 to $17.90 with an additional 50 cent increase upon completion of training bringing the total wage to $18.40…
When you’re in an emergency, 911 is supposed to be there to take your call and get you help quickly.
An Action News Jax investigation reveals the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office 911 call center has failed to meet the state recommendations for answering 911 calls quickly.
The state says a 911 call should be answered within 10 seconds, but last month, JSO says the average ring time was nearly double that.
Last week, Action News Jax spoke with a mother and daughter on the other end of one of those calls…
