Chester County names 911 building after director who died following cancer battle – WBBJ (TN)
HENDERSON, Tenn. (WBBJ) – Chester County dedicated its 911 building Friday to honor a longtime public safety leader.
The county formally named the emergency communications center for its former director, Patricia Ledford, who died in December after a battle with cancer.
Ledford was the driving force behind the new 911 facility on Crook Avenue in Henderson.
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‘Serious about the job,’: Public Safety Telecommunicator Training prepares dispatchers to … (NM)
Four times a year, up to 30 students from around the state take critical training at the New Mexico Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Academy with an eye on helping citizens in their community.
The training? The Public Safety Telecommunicator course, for aspiring hired dispatchers in city, county, state, federal or tribal governments in New Mexico (the first in the nation to make it mandatory that telecommunicators attend a formal training).
How modern is your dispatch center? A 10-point workflow check – Police1
Editor’s note: This article is part of Police1’s Emergency Communications Week, which looks at how dispatch is changing — from smarter tools and automated routine tasks to new approaches that reduce unnecessary 911 demand. Thanks to our Emergency
Concerns raised about communication dead spots, safety for emergency responders (ME)
Franklin County officials are facing an urgent call to modernize emergency communications following a survey that identified dead spots and limited channel capacity as top safety concerns.
Amanda Simoneau, director of the county’s Emergency Management Agency, asked county commissioners Tuesday to authorize a communications study. She estimated it will cost about $100,000 for a consultant to do it. It would be the first study in 11 years to map the infrastructure.
Lieu secures $841,000 for Santa Monica 911 dispatch upgrade, $13.7M total for district (CA)
The City of Santa Monica will receive $841,000 in federal funding to replace aging dispatcher consoles in its 911 emergency communications center, part of a $13.77 million package of community project grants announced by Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Los Angeles County.
