Over 50 public safety agencies honored for responses to Apalachee High School shooting (GA)

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Barrow County’s Board of Commissioners honored over 50 public safety departments and agencies that helped respond to the shooting at Apalachee High School in their meeting on Tuesday night.

There are those who literally answered the 911 calls at Barrow County E911.

“They receive these calls of people crying and screaming, and hiding callers, and it was just amazing, the professionalism they exhibited when they answered those calls,” said Pickett.

City of Oakland Completes Upgrade of Computer-Aided Dispatch System for 911 … (CA)

“Oaklanders deserve to feel assured that when they dial 911 in an emergency, someone will be answering swiftly to start dispatching the emergency responders they need. Today we’re taking a huge step to reinforce that confidence and to improve our emergency service to our community,” Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said. “Public safety is my administration’s highest priority and today we’re pleased to share with the community that we’ve delivered the first major upgrade to 911’s dispatch system in 20 years. This system improvement builds on the investments we have made to staff up our hardworking dispatcher units. Now we have more people using better tools to deliver for our community.”

Cobb County 911 hosts 2024 Kids Expo (GA)

The number used in an emergency is on every police car and fire truck nationwide. Still, people have no idea what the person on the other end of the phone does when they call 911. The 2024 Cobb 911 Kids Expo offers community members, the opportunity to meet Cobb’s 911 team and learn more about how 911 works.