DMS Announces $860,000 in Grants for Rural Florida Counties to Improve Public Safety Communications (FL)

On Monday, Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) Sec. Jonathan Satter announced almost $860,000 in grant awards to Citrus, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Sumter, Walton, and Washington Counties through the E911 State Grant Program.

Since January, DMS has awarded more than $6 million in funds to Florida counties to modernize Florida’s public safety communications systems…

Ridgefield, CT Police Jobs – Dispatcher (CT)

Under the direct supervision of the Communications Supervisor, receive and process 911 and non-emergency calls from the public and dispatch police officers to calls for service. Telecommunicators gather essential information from callers for entry into a Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD). 

Receives and transmits radio communications as may be required. Keeps continual radio communication with all police cars on patrol…

Indiana State Police accepting applications for regional dispatcher (IN)

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) – Indiana State Police are accepting applications for a regional dispatcher position at the Toll Road Post in Elkhart County.

Pay starts at $38,532 per year. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plans and accrued time off. Primary responsibilities of a dispatcher is to receive, record, and accurately dispatch information to police personnel, other law enforcement agencies and other support services through the use of a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System, Records Management System (RMS), Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL), Geographic Information System (GIS) and other Regional Dispatch Center resources...

La Follette has full-time dispatcher opening (TN)

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – The City of La Follette is currently seeking qualified individuals to fill the full-time position of E-911 Dispatcher.

The La Follette E-911 Center is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  This position is required to work various schedules to include days, swing shifts, nights, weekends and holidays and requires you to answer emergency and non-emergency phone calls for police and other City services using a multi-line phone and 911 system…

FirstNet: Public Safety Broadband Network Expands in Waldorf (MD)

Annapolis, MD (September 28, 2020) – First responders in Waldorf, Md., in Charles County, are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of a new, purpose-built FirstNet cell site. This new infrastructure is a part of the FirstNet network expansion taking place across the state, bringing increased coverage, capacity, and capabilities for public safety.

The new site is near Middletown Road and Berry Road in Waldorf. This site was constructed using Band 14 spectrum, as well as AT&T commercial spectrum…