by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
A 38-member task force created by Mayor Levar Stoney in July after months of ongoing demonstrations calling for police accountability and a racial reckoning has delivered its final recommendations to “reimagine public safety.”
The 15 recommendations include reallocating police budget dollars, developing a new dispatch system that reroutes noncriminal calls to agencies other than police, and forming a new city department for restorative justice and community programs. Though the Richmond Police Department is integrally linked to many of the recommendations, most of the suggestions involve greater community involvement in public safety…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
As the Coweta County Sheriff continues to face the demands of a growing county, all dispatch duties will now shift entirely to Coweta 911.
The idea to migrate the calls to 911 exclusively has been discussed for several years but it is finally becoming a reality.
In the past, callers would reach out to the sheriff’s office for items like traffic, incidents VIN checks, and other general, non-emergency issues…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday formally denied the request by Chinese telecommunications group ZTE to remove the agency’s designation of the company as a national security threat.
The denial comes months after the FCC formally designated both ZTE and Chinese telecom group Huawei as national security threats, and banned U.S. groups from using funds from the FCC’s $8.3 billion Universal Service Fund to purchase equipment from either group. Huawei is currently in the middle of a legal battle disputing the designation…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2020 | Jobs
The position is responsible for technical work receiving and dispatching emergency service calls on an assigned shift. A critical requirement of this class is receiving calls for emergency service and dispatching emergency service units on a regular basis. Work involves operating an emergency service console receiving and dispatching calls for emergency services including police, fire, and medical…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Seattle City Council’s final $6.5 billion dollar 2021 budget cuts the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and other departments, allocates millions of dollars for community-based alternatives to public safety, replaces the Navigation Team, and expands tiny house villages and other services for unhoused people.
Much of the 20% cut to SPD was accomplished by moving services like parking enforcement and 911 dispatch into another department, and eliminating vacant positions…
