by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
By Anna Johnson
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
RALEIGH, N.C. — City of Raleigh employees seeking promotions will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a recent city memo.
The city’s 4,000 employees must be vaccinated by Friday or start weekly testing. If testing is refused, the employee will face “progressive discipline,” according to an email to employees sent in mid-August.
Now the city plans to limit promotions to those vaccinated, according to a memo sent last week to the Raleigh Police Department.
“The decision requiring promoted employees to be vaccinated was recently made by city leadership and applies to the entire organization,” said Sherry Hunter, the police department’s administrative services division commander…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
WEARE TWP. — A trial period of how medical responses are dispatched came to a close after a vote was taken during a regular meeting Wednesday morning of the Mason-Oceana 911 Board at the dispatch center.
The 90-day trial period involved having medical calls into Mason-Oceana 911 conferenced into Life EMS’s dispatch center in Grand Rapids. Life EMS dispatchers would set the call’s priority — from one to three, with one being the most severe.
Previously, Mason-Oceana 911 would set the priority…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 16, 2021 | Jobs
- Age: 18
- Education: High School Graduate or Equivalent
- Experience: Prior experience is preferred but not required.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Strong moral ethics and integrity; ability to understand and operate communications equipment including radios, phones, computers and CAD programs; strong typing skills; exceptional multitasking skills to handle multiple critical situations simultaneously; problem solving and critical thinking skills to make quick, correct decisions protecting the safety of responding personnel and the general public; ability to maintain composure, compassion and efficiency even during high stress situations…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland’s Community Safety Director said city leaders have failed to manage a series of public safety crises and said the mismanagement has led the city to where it is on a range of problems like police call volume, gun violence, and 911 wait times.
The comment came up in a meeting Thursday that was mostly focused on the dire situation inside Portland’s dispatch center, where wait times are as long as four or five minutes for people calling 911 in Multnomah County…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
MONTPELIER — The Department of Public Safety has pulled the plug — at least temporarily — on a new computer assisted dispatch and records system for Vermont State Police and many local and county police agencies across the state.
The move came after department Commissioner Michael Schirling struggled Tuesday afternoon to explain the apparent meltdown that the system, known as Valcour, had earlier this week when it was rolled out to about two-dozen law enforcement agencies.
The rollout group included the 10 state police field offices, Department of Public Safety headquarters, and the entire Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. The affected municipal agencies were spread throughout Vermont and ranged from the 17-member Williston Police down to the part-time police departments in Canaan and Brighton. Also affected were some active sheriff’s departments, including in Grand Isle and Essex counties…
