by ECC Editor | Sep 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (A1906), which would amend current law to include false incrimination and filing a false police report as a form of bias intimidation. The bill also establishes crime of false 9-1-1 call with purpose to intimidate or harass based on race or other protected class.
“Using the threat of a 9-1-1 call or police report as an intimidation tactic against people of color is an unacceptable, abhorrent form of discrimination,” said Governor Murphy. “This irresponsible misuse of our 9-1-1 system places victims in a potentially dangerous situation, and can erode trust between Black and Brown New Jerseyans and law enforcement… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Salem Police Department has upgraded its radio system so officers now can communicate with other city departments and neighboring public safety agencies — but the new system leaves a 15-minute delay for avid listeners.
After operating on a decades-old radio system, the police department flipped the switch earlier this month to an encrypted digital 800-megahertz system — a radio band that will be “critical” for quickly passing along real-time information, said Lt. Debbie Aguilar, a spokesperson with the police department… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 1, 2020 | Resources
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Public safety requires a dedicated radio and broadband spectrum to perform our duties in protecting the public. We depend on this spectrum for our radio systems and for our broadband data network needs. This was acknowledged in the 9/11 Commission report and Congress also demonstrated a deep understanding of the importance of a dedicated public safety network when they created The FirstNet Authority in 2012.
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by ECC Editor | Aug 31, 2020 | Comm Center News
The agency that supports Tarrant County’s 800 911 dispatchers is spending more money than it brings in, forcing fire chiefs and 911 specialists to consider raising the fees phone customers pay for the first time in more than two decades.
For at least five years the Tarrant County 9-1-1 district has had more expenses than revenue, forcing it to eat into reserves and inch closer to operating in the red. Annually the district brings in about $15 million, entirely from service fees, but has expenses closer to $24 million… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Aug 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said early Friday evening that repairs have been made to a power generator and the 911 Communications Center is back up and running and fully operational.
Communications, including 911 and non-emergency phone systems had been lost earlier in the day after the generator experienced a problem… READ MORE
