MILWAUKEE – The City of Milwaukee Department of Emergency Communications (DEC) is conducting a review of the handling of an emergency call involving a 99-year-old Milwaukee resident who was attacked in their home on July 27.
July 27, 2026
Washington D.C. – Today, Representatives Norma Torres (D-CA-35) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), led a bipartisan letter urging Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought to reclassify public safety telecommunicators under the Protective Service Occupations category in the 2028 update to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Torres is a former 9-1-1 dispatcher with the Los Angeles Police Department, while Fitzpatrick is a former FBI agent and EMT.
Staffers at Lyon County Emergency Communications have been dealing with some untoward callers recently.
The department says it has been getting calls from people who are launching offensive or abusive statements to emergency dispatchers because they don’t like unspecified matters unrelated to the department. Emergency Communications Director Roxanne Van Gundy, a guest on KVOE’s Morning Show on Friday, says calls started coming into the non-emergency phone number Thursday morning.
BUNNELL, Fla. — The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has received nearly $5.8 million in state grant funding to upgrade emergency communications, law enforcement technology and other public safety equipment, the agency announced Wednesday.
The funding, awarded through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, will cover the cost of the upgrades without requiring funding from Flagler County property taxpayers, according to the sheriff’s office.
A change is coming to Dane County’s non-emergency operations. Dane County Public Safety Communications (PSC), will soon be deploying AVA, Aurelian’s virtual assistant for non emergency calls.
According to a county news release, the deployment ensures telecommunicators can prioritize active incidents, medical emergencies and other lifesaving work that only trained telecommunicators can do. Residents seeking non-emergency services should call 608-255-2345.
