by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2022 | Comm Center News
Sheriff’s Office Cadet Explorer Trinity McLaren has become the first Cadet to be assigned to the Public Safety Communications Division of the department in 32 years.
Following in the footsteps forged decades ago by Captain (retired) Brian Humphrey, Carson City Sheriff’s Cadet Trinity McLaren completed her Nevada State Peace Officers Standards and Training certification for Dispatchers.
Ms. McLaren began the process and challenges in the Fall of 2021, and along with her curriculum studies, spent most of her Friday evenings in the Public Safety Communications Center under the Supervision of Dispatcher Cameron Sievers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 28, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
Washington [US]March 28 (ANI): On Friday, the US added China Telecom (Americans) Corp and China Mobile International USA to its list of providers of communications equipment and services that pose a threat to national security under a 2019 law that has to intended to protect US communications networks.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau also added Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab to its list of communications equipment and service providers considered a threat to national security, according to the Global Times, citing the FCC press release.
It is the first time that the United States has included a Russian entity on a list dominated by Chinese telecommunications companies…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
IDAHO FALLS — Every week, EastIdahoNews.com is introducing you to Hometown Helpers in our community. We want to spotlight firefighters, police officers, city workers, snowplow drivers and others who quietly keep our cities and counties running. This week, we are featuring Patrick Nunez, an emergency communications officer or a dispatcher. He has been working at the Idaho Falls Bonneville County 911 Dispatch Center for five years. The center operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “Someone is here day and night, no matter what time,” said Nunez. He works three days with 12-hour shifts and one day with a six-hour shift. The center dispatches for the Idaho Falls Police Department, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Ucon Police Department, Idaho Falls Fire & EMS, Ammon Fire, Swan Valley Fire, and Ucon Fire… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
During today’s City Council Legislative Session, Council adopted 7-0 a resolution committing a substantial investment of at least $6,271,869 in 2022 into City of Spokane public safety vehicles. This investment includes four new fire pumper trucks totaling $3.9 million and thirty-five new police vehicles and additional support at the cost of $2,564,000 with the option of further consideration of more police vehicles later in 2022.
Council approved a 2022 budget that increased Spokane Police Department’s (SPD) year-over-year funding by approximately 6%. In addition to SPD’s budget increase, last December Council approved a special budget ordinance to increase 2021 expenditure appropriation levels for the Fire/EMS Fund by $3.5 million to cover unexpected uniform overtime, and management needs just days before approving the City’s 2022 budget…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
Norell Mascolo has been a Yale Public Safety Dispatcher since 2007. Norell is the first point of contact for Yale’s emergency and non-emergency calls. It is a unique occupation requiring efficiency, experience, and compassion. Helping individuals during a difficult or painful experience can be a stressful job, but Norell finds joy in its purpose.
Born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, Norell attended Eli Whitney Technical High School in Hamden. Following graduation and a brief stint at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, Norell managed a flower shop for several years and then left to start a family. By the mid-1980s, she returned to the workforce at American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) in New Haven. It was there that her career in emergency medical services began…
