Warren County plans to spend approximately $1.8 million to upgrade outdated communication equipment used for emergency response.
Warren County Fire Marshal Gerry Maiatico and Motorola representatives presented information to the Board of Supervisors about the upgrades on Tuesday. Several incentives offered to the county reduced the cost from its preliminary estimate of approximately $2.7 million…
Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Swenson is preparing for the worst. Or the inevitable.
Should COVID-19 strike his county’s small dispatch center, “it could shut it down,” Swenson told Lincoln County commissioners Tuesday morning.
He’s hoping to prevent that with upgrades to the dispatch technology funded by a sliver of the state’s remaining CARES Act money…
The Morris County Board of Freeholders approved a $26 million contract last night to upgrade and double the operating capacity of the emergency radio network and infrastructure relied upon daily by Morris County law enforcement, emergency management, and municipal first responders.
Extensive upgrades, improvements and even the relocation of some of the system’s infrastructure at 13 supporting sites are outlined under the contract approved with Motorola Solution, Inc., which also includes the addition of one new tower and supporting facilities to close coverage gaps…
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cleveland police dispatcher was fired Friday after investigators learned he spoke with Cuyahoga County Jail inmates while one the clock and repeatedly disrespected his boss.
Cleveland Safety director Karrie Howard fired Charles McGeever after a police internal affairs investigation, city officials said in a statement issues late Friday. McGeever was hired in 1998…
FirstNet board members this week unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the FirstNet Authority staff to obligate reinvestment funds from AT&T to pay operations and maintenance costs associated with upgrading the FirstNet core to 5G during 2021 and in future years.
FirstNet Authority CEO Ed Parkinson said the measure—Resolution 108—will help the organization ensure that FirstNet remains a “state-of-the-art” system by funding a multi-phase upgrade to 5G that began with last year’s decision to authorization reinvestment money into 5G core development…
