CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team now has uncovered what went wrong the night a baby died in Cleveland after a man called 911 and ended up on hold for more than six minutes.
We’ve learned a Cuyahoga County dispatcher transferred the call to a line that was not working. It happened as technicians were working on the 911 system to give it an upgrade.
Last month, we exposed the breakdown…
Digital 9 buys Irish wireless network – Digital 9 Infrastructure says that its subsidiary, Digital 9 Wireless has signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement to buy a majority (56%) stake in Tetra Ireland Communications, the exclusive operator of public safety wireless networks across the Republic of Ireland. The total price is about €76m and there may be a chance to buy the other 44%, which would increase the total cost to approximately €136m.
With this transaction, Digital 9 has now deployed or committed substantially all of its available capital…
East Lyme — From a public entrance with its window into a state-of-the-art dispatch center to a secure area for prisoners and evidence, the public safety building is ready to deliver new levels of efficiency and professionalism to some of the town’s emergency services.
The $7.4 million hub for police, dispatch, emergency operations and the fire marshal’s office was first approved in early 2019, when then-First Selectman Mark Nickerson described the new independent police force’s working conditions as “deplorable”…
ROYALSTON — Royalston’s Selectboard met with representatives of Industrial Communications at its meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 4, to discuss ownership of a communication tower on Warwick Road that currently holds the communications equipment for the town’s police, fire and public works departments. The tower is owned by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and sits on land owned by Elwood Taylor.
“FRCOG,” board Chair Deb D’Amico began, “has approached the town of Royalston with the offer to transfer ownership of that tower to the town, which is something we have been asking about for many years…
Omicron is continuing to fuel the current surge leaving first responders wondering if the pandemic will ever let up.
Jimmy Dupui II, Operations Supervisor of Acadian ambulance, says while COVID-19 cases are rising the number of dispatch calls are also on the rise.
He says as of the first eight days this year the company has seen nearly 1,900 covid related calls across louisiana, mississippi, and texas.
Louisiana alone has almost 1,200…
