AT&T-FirstNet launches Band 14 HPUE, z-axis location

by | Jan 29, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News

AT&T-FirstNet is now offering first responders vertical location capabilities in more than 100 markets, ahead of an April 2021 FCC deadline for having the technology in place to support 911 callers on mobile devices.

The z-axis location information is one of several new technology offerings for public safety that AT&T-FirstNet announced this week. The others are high-power user equipment in Band 14, which it has dubbed “FirstNet MegaRange”, and a new compact deployable that can be purchased by departments and used to connect to FirstNet when other coverage is not available…

Amid security concerns, former police officer presents emergency app to House committee (MO)

by | Jan 29, 2021 | Comm Center News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, lawmakers have concerns about their ability to respond to a potential emergency within the Missouri statehouse.

Guard911 aims to get the first officers on the scene faster than would normally happen through the traditional dispatch system. In response, McVicker said that Guard911 and Hero911 are both operating within the FirstNet catalog, the interoperable platform for emergency and daily public safety communications. This means communication from the Guard911 and Hero911 apps take priority for telecommunications platforms in those situations…

911 dispatcher thwarts scam that surprised even police | News Break (ME)

by | Jan 29, 2021 | Comm Center News

FALMOUTH, Maine — Lee Ruby, a dispatcher with the Falmouth Police Department, gets more than a dozen calls a day from people, mostly elderly, who may have been the target of a scam. ‘My grandson just called me and said he was in jail, he’s stranded needs money,’ said Ruby.

Ruby thought he’d heard every scam out there, until last week, when he took a call that surprised him — and the department…