Lucas County, Ohio — The area around the Sylvanian Police Station is very quiet.
As of October 26, it is one of three regions in the Lucas County region that has already postponed 911 dispatch calls to the Lucas County Emergency Services Building in downtown Toledo.
“That is, neither from Maumee nor from the city of Toledo, there is no need to transfer the call and it will not be transferred to the wrong location. It will always be transferred to one centralized location throughout the county…
Pictured from left right: Dispatcher Frank Ciraulo, Lieutenant James Haldenwang, Captain James Vaughn, Retired Chief Harry Delgado, Accreditation Manager Thomas Preiser, and Dispatcher Dan Rooney. (Photo courtesy Stafford Police)
STAFFORD – The Stafford Township Police Department has announced that their Communications Division has been awarded the “Public Safety Communications Accreditation” by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP).
Now joining an exclusive group of departments across the country, the Stafford Township Police Department is the second department in New Jersey to receive this title for meeting the standard of excellence in public safety.
“Accreditation results in greater accountability within the agency, reduced risk and liability exposure, stronger defense against civil lawsuits, and an increased confidence in our agency’s dispatch center to operate efficiently and respond to community needs,” the department said in a statement…
FirstNet (Built with AT&T) just closed out its best quarter for new users. Numbers at the end of September 2021 show 18,500 agencies and 2.8 million individual users are now on the FirstNet network. Increased user numbers are a result of more agencies finding that the FirstNet network provides the nationwide public-safety interoperability platform that is needed for multiple agencies to share communications during incidents.
In-Vehicle FirstNet and LMR
One question I am asked almost every month concerns how communications systems might or should be configured in vehicles. There are many answers and some depend on the type of vehicle and what it will be used for during incidents…
Barrington plans to join Northwest Central Dispatch System, which provides 911 services to its neighboring communities, in a move that will be beneficial to the village, officials said.
The agreement with Northwest Central Dispatch System was approved by the village board Monday.
The move also will entail state approval for Barrington to join a different 911 board, the NWCD Emergency Telephone Systems Board…
It’s 2 a.m. and a police officer has pulled over a driver on an isolated rural road on suspicion of driving under the influence. The officer calls for back-up before approaching the vehicle, but emergency dispatch is unable to hear the call.
A fire crew is called to a house fire in a remote part of Kitsap County. Upon arrival, firefighters hear a person yelling from inside the burning building. The crew calls for another unit to respond, but the request is never heard…
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.
