by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
A mother from Missouri allegedly died last year because 911 dispatchers did not believe her young son when he called begging for assistance, according to a new lawsuit. The mother, identified as 40-year-old Cathryn McClelland, died in Kansas City on July 22, 2019.
Shortly after McClelland’s death, her family filed a lawsuit alleging that some blunders committed by emergency services led to the 40-year-old’s demise. McClelland, a mother-of-two, reportedly fell ill the morning of her death before going to work. She wanted to drive to the hospital and called her sister to meet her and the children at the emergency room…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of new, purpose-built FirstNet cell sites and other network enhancements.
According to a press release, this new infrastructure is a part of the FirstNet network expansion taking place across the state, bringing increased coverage, capacity, and public safety capabilities…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
Although it hasn’t been widely utilized, data shows most of the 911 texts that are routed to the city of Denton’s dispatch system are related to welfare concerns and domestic disturbances.
If you have a cellphone and you’re within the Denton County limits, you can send a text to 911 for emergencies. Greg Ballentine, the executive director for the Denco Area 9-1-1 District, said the system rolled out in 2016, but it was a yearslong effort…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
Medford’s new state-of-the-art police station is finally open.
Though the ribbon cutting originally scheduled for Dec. 8 had to be cancelled due to surging coronavirus case numbers, Medford police officers and city emergency dispatchers have already moved into their new digs in the eye-catching, 35,000-square-foot facility that broke ground in spring 2019…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
Combining Whatcom County’s two 911 dispatch centers, whose operators separately send law-enforcement officers or firefighters to calls for service, is back on the County Council’s agenda.
It’s both logical and a cost-saving measure to combine the two 911 centers, said Councilman Tyler Byrd.
“I’ve been working on all the documentation I can find on this and talking to people. I can’t find a single efficiency that comes out of this the way it is today,” Byrd said during a Nov. 12 budget session…
