Washington, DC — July 29, 2024 — The Federal Communications Commission today announced a $15 million settlement with Charter Communications to resolve an Enforcement Bureau investigation into the company’s compliance with 911 and network outage notification rules. As part of the settlement, Charter admits to violating the agency’s rules regarding notifications to public safety officials and the Commission in connection with three unplanned network outages and hundreds of planned, maintenance-related network outages that occurred last year.
After multiple attempts over the past few years to speed up 911 response times in Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas is putting forward another solution.
“I think once and for all, we need to make sure that we’ve addressed the 911 issue,” Lucas said.
The walls of Santa Fe’s new Regional Emergency Communications Center are intentionally painted a mellow blue. There’s a “quiet room” outfitted with two neck massagers, offering a place where dispatchers can decompress — away, if only for a few moments, from computer monitors and headsets filled with the unending flow of 911 calls.
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — The Oakland Police Department is one step closer to getting a huge technology upgrade that could cost taxpayers millions of dollars. It’s being voted on Tuesday night.
LINCOLN — Two years after the nation adopted a three-digit suicide prevention line, a new Nebraska law will offer clear interface between mental health and other emergency providers.
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.
