by ECC Editor | Feb 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
WOOD RIVER — Plans to consolidate Bethalto’s dispatching services into Wood River are moving forward and are expected to be completed around April 1, according to information provided at Wednesday’s Emergency Telephone Systems Board meeting this week.
Plans for the consolidation began in October 2018 when it was announced that the East Alton Public Safety Answering Point, or PSAP, would be closing and consolidating with Wood River. PSAPs are the 911 call centers… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Williston City Commission held a brief meeting Tuesday, Feb. 23, approving a handful of items upon their return to in-person meetings.
The Commission had not held an in-person meeting in several months, returning to the John Kautzman meeting room at City Hall for the Feb. 23 meeting. The short agenda included the following bids for equipment and vehicles, as well as an engineer of record for Williston Basin International Airport and equipment for the new dispatch center… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 24, 2021 | Comm Center News
GALLATIN, TN (WSMV) – Sumner County has implemented a Crisis Intervention Team Community Program involving personnel from communications and law enforcement.
Personnel from the Gallatin, Goodlettsville, Hendersonville and Portland police departments, the Sumner County Emergency Communications Center and Sumner County Sheriff’s Office have received specialized training from NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Tennessee… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 24, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Orleans Parish Communication District (OPCD) in Louisiana is upgrading its digital public-safety records with a cloud-deployable system that will facilitate data collection and sharing.
In coordination with the city of New Orleans and the Orleans Parish’s Sheriff’s Department, OPCD tapped Hexagon’s HxGN OnCall Records system to replace a homegrown, siloed system. The stakeholders are meeting this week to kick off what will likely be a yearlong deployment effort of the software-as-a-service solution, said Tyrell Morris, OPCD’s executive director… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 24, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Florida Department of Education (DOE) announced it selected Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) as a preferred provider for the deployment of a statewide mobile panic alert system for Florida’s K-12 schools. To deliver the solution, Motorola Solutions teamed up with SaferWatch to offer a cutting-edge safety application that connects school districts directly with law enforcement in Florida. The DOE ranked it as the top technical solution offered amongst its selected vendors… READ MORE
