I hear that a good time was had by all who celebrated the ten-year anniversary of the creation of FirstNet. I, on the other hand, unexpectedly spent my Tuesday in a Mayo Hospital operating room while they put final touches on a minor surgery. Still, I was able to watch some of the live stream and from what I saw, it appeared to be a professional and well-organized event.
The Celebration
Congratulations are in order for the FirstNet Authority, the management team at the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA), and members of the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA)…
Dialing 911 is a seemingly simple way to ensure you’ll receive help in any emergency, but call centers are seeing a rising trend of residents calling with no emergency present.
FOX 31 News obtained audio for of a number of 911 calls made in Dougherty County; one of those:
Dispatch: Albany 911 what’s your emergency? Caller: Um, there’s a bunch of kids riding scooters and stuff up and down our road and it’s a little late for that.
According to NENA the 911 Association 240 million calls are made to 911 each year across the nation. The vast majority of the calls, deemed non-emergencies by officials… READ MORE
CAD systems are the principal application used by public safety agencies to manage law enforcement, fire and EMS incidents from the initial time an incident is reported, to the conclusion of the incident. These systems may be composed of both tabular records management systems and spatial or geographic information (Geofile) systems…
The poor condition of the U.S. Park Police’s dispatch center in Washington, D.C., and management issues such as understaffing result in “significant safety concerns,” a watchdog found recently.
The Interior Department inspector general office, led by Inspector General Mark Greenblatt, released a management advisory on Friday about the U.S. Park Police’s dispatch operations center in D.C., which operates 24 hours a day. The Park Police, a unit of the National Park Service, is in charge of law enforcement on NPS properties…
Chicago Police Department SUV blocking an intersection in the Albany Park neighborhood in Chicago.
Lindsay Blanton, CEO of Broadcastify.com and RadioReference.com announced Tuesday morning, February 22, 2022 on the websites’ Chicago Metro Area Discussion forum that the police department will be broadcasting their 13 encrypted zones officially on Broadcastify. Currently there are 13 official zones available on the old (current) radio system. Apparently the official broadcasts from the City of Chicago recently appeared before a member on the forum posted, “wow 13 official live scanner audio feeds on Broadcastify (referring to Chicago). Most of the feeds on Broadcastify in the United States are available from unofficial volunteers who use radio scanners to provide and upload of local police and/or fire communications. TV news stations frequently use audio recordings from Broadcastify to support their news reports…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
