People want to live in well and safe communities. A cornerstone of community safety and wellness is 911 emergency communications. The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) Metro Dispatch Center is the largest primary Public Safety (911) Answering Point (PSAP) in Washtenaw County, responsible for over 96% of the county’s population. Metro Dispatch currently dispatches for 11 different law enforcement agencies in Washtenaw County,
On August 27, 2024, at approximately 3:36 PM, the Dover Police Department received a call from an individual in Albania, reporting that their brother’s boat was sinking in the English Channel off the coast of Dover, England. The caller had conducted an internet search for the “Dover Police Department” and the first search result on the screen proved to be the Dover, Delaware Police Department. The family member thought they were calling Dover, England but was connected with our agency here in the United States.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Barrow County’s Board of Commissioners honored over 50 public safety departments and agencies that helped respond to the shooting at Apalachee High School in their meeting on Tuesday night.
There are those who literally answered the 911 calls at Barrow County E911.
“They receive these calls of people crying and screaming, and hiding callers, and it was just amazing, the professionalism they exhibited when they answered those calls,” said Pickett.
“Oaklanders deserve to feel assured that when they dial 911 in an emergency, someone will be answering swiftly to start dispatching the emergency responders they need. Today we’re taking a huge step to reinforce that confidence and to improve our emergency service to our community,” Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said. “Public safety is my administration’s highest priority and today we’re pleased to share with the community that we’ve delivered the first major upgrade to 911’s dispatch system in 20 years. This system improvement builds on the investments we have made to staff up our hardworking dispatcher units. Now we have more people using better tools to deliver for our community.”
Westminster first responders, police, fire, EMS, and 911 services are now the sixth Front Range Communications Consortium (FRCC) member, according to a news release from August 23.
