by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 12, 2022 | Comm Center News
Edward Parkinson this year is celebrating a full decade of work on what is today FirstNet. Roughly ten years ago he was a staffer for former Rep. Peter King of New York, working on the legislation that would eventually create FirstNet. He then joined the nascent agency in 2013 as its chief of government affairs – FirstNet’s third employee.
After serving as an acting CEO in 2018, Parkinson was named the organization’s permanent chief executive in May 2019.
“I’ve been very fortunate to have seen this program evolve from an idea to its passage, to the law,” he said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 12, 2022 | Comm Center News
NEW YORK (NEWS10) – The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has collaborated with AT&T to build and pilot FirstNet, the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to America’s first responders and the extended public safety community. NYPA’s private wireless technology pilot project aims to build a secure, robust, and reliable network to enhance the statewide utility’s readiness and operational capabilities…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 11, 2022 | Comm Center News
Habersham County, much like many businesses and governments across the nation, is experiencing staffing shortages and employee turnover. The solution to that shortage, according to county officials, could lie in a property tax increase.
There are currently 35 open positions in Habersham County, 18 of which are public safety positions in the detention center, E-911 dispatch, sheriff’s office and emergency services departments. Of those open positions, only one is new. County Manager Alicia Vaughn says the rest are open due to staff turnover…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 11, 2022 | Comm Center News
A 911 dispatcher has been charged with invasion of privacy after allegedly hiding a secret camera at a urinal in a Pennsylvania the area where a number of officers were arrested by themselves.
Operator John Logan, 49, allegedly fitted a camera with an SD card with Velcro in one of the urinals at the North Versailles Police Department, which was later found by an officer on December 31.
Logan was identified as the culprit after a search of his home, where a camera similar to the one found in the urinal was discovered, along with a flash drive containing videos of officers using the restroom…
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