by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 24, 2021 | Comm Center News
LINCOLN – Pressured by the Lincoln Police Union, public officials and concerned residents, Twin River Casino has updated its security system so that Lincoln police officers are equipped with radios that are compatible with the casino.
In March, Lincoln Det. Kyle Wingate, IBPO Local 435 president, wrote a letter to the Lincoln Town Council addressing public safety concerns, noting that the Police Department’s radio equipment was inoperable inside Twin River, forcing officers to rely on cell phones to communicate when called there to respond to an incident…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 24, 2021 | Comm Center News
Emergency calls will be received at the unified communications center, which brings dispatch for police, fire, ambulance, and public works under one roof, eliminating the need to transfer calls.
“Today we’re consolidating, centralizing, digitizing, doing things we should be doing in the 21st century,” said mayor Andre Sayegh…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 24, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
As we planned for the FirstNet network, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) worked together with the public safety community to understand their critical communications needs. To make use of mobile broadband for daily operations and emergencies, first responders told us they needed the network to be available when and where they needed it most.
The FirstNet Authority incorporated this important feedback on coverage into our Request for Proposals for the network. We ensured that terrestrial cell sites would be deployed where public safety needed them most according to each State’s plan. We also enabled innovative solutions for coverage by incorporating public safety deployables or portable cell sites into the FirstNet offering. READ FULL ARTICLE
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by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 24, 2021 | Comm Center News
COLLIER COUNTY
During an emergency, 911 dispatchers are the first line of defense for people in trouble.
And now, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office is working to train the next generation of dispatchers to do this important work.
The sheriff’s office partnered with the Immokalee Foundation to get 11 kids interested in 911 communications this summer through the brand new “Public Safety Career Academy.”
The students will learn police codes, emergency dispatch center technology and how to respond to someone calling 911 in distress…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 24, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
The European Union’s BroadWay project, which paves a technological path for interoperable, cross-border public safety broadband, has taken another step toward reality, with the project recently demonstrating the results of its prototyping phase for buyers in EU member countries.
According to a Project BroadWay release, it held a prototype demonstration on June 7 with suppliers Airbus, Leonardo and Frequentis.
Project BroadWay already has 11 EU member states involved as procurers, led by ASTRID, which provides emergency and security communication services in Belgium. The prototype demo gathered interest from an additional seven member states and three associated countries, Project BroadWay said…
