by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
T-Mobile customers across the United States reported network outages that rendered them unable to make phone calls or access the internet on Monday. Other wireless carriers said the outages were disrupting connections for their customers when they tried to call T-Mobile lines.
The company said that the outages were a result of a “widespread routing issue affecting voice & text.”
Just after 1 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the company’s president of technology tweeted that voice and text services were restored… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
A civilian Alachua County sheriff’s employee has been suspended with pay and is under internal investigation because of some posts she made on Facebook.
Ashley Mauger, who works in the Combined Communications Center, responded Monday night to two women who had posted comments about an allegation of abusive policing by criticizing their grammar.
“I can’t even fathom the response you will get when you dial 911 and possibly get me on the phone with yourself or a loved one in a life or death emergency. SMH you should all be ashamed of yourselves,” Mauger wrote… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
From the City of Fredericksburg:
This weekend’s protest/demonstrations were supported by the City, and monitored by our Police Department. Officers worked to stage one block from the protests to help divert traffic while protesters exercised their First Amendment rights. The 911 Communications Center dispatchers are informing callers that public safety is being prioritized at all times, and to direct complaints to the City Manager’s office… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
Legislation requiring a mobile panic alert system in all public and charter schools is now ready for the Governor’s signature after being formally presented to Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday.
The Legislature approved the measure in early March, just days before the 2020 Legislative Session ended.
Sen. Lauren Book sponsored the bill (SB 70), which was passed more than two years after the 2018 attack at Broward County’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 16, 2020 | Comm Center News
Downtown business leaders in St. Paul are drafting plans for a downtown improvement district similar to the one used in Minneapolis, which features teams of on-the-street ambassadors and a public-safety communications center. But the way the district is drawn largely leaves out St. Paul’s single biggest landlord, Jim Crockarell.
The Star Tribune reports on the efforts of the Downtown Alliance, which this week will send a petition to commercial property owners asking them to pay to fund the $600,000 upkeep of the communications center, which officials plan… READ MORE
