by ECC Editor | Sep 30, 2021 | Comm Center News
After spending $150,000 and participating in months of work to develop a long-term plan to guide the county during unprecedented growth, Santa Rosa County commissioners are apprehensive about the lack of new information in the report.
Matrix Design Group presented its 2035 strategic plan to the board earlier this week.
“You have to plan for your future, but right at this point I’m kind of disappointed,” said BOCC Vice Chairman Bob Cole. “I’m looking at 70 pages of stuff we already knew.”
The BOCC in January approved paying Matrix about $150,000 to conduct the study, which Cole said he somewhat regrets… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
PERRY Co., Ind. (WFIE) -A disagreement between city and county officials on who should head up 911 dispatch.
It all comes down to PSAP.
It’s the public safety answering point. So the location where all of your 911 calls are answered.
In Perry County, Tell City Police Department has been the PSAP for decades.
The problem started once Tell City Police officials discovered what they call an unbalanced portion the county was paying for the dispatch services… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
We need your help, public safety! On March 11, 2021 the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Next Generation 9-1-1 Act of 2021 as part of the LIFT America Act (H.R. 1848). Now we need to urge the Senate to fully fund this legislation.
How to show your support:
- Call Senator Schumer’s Office at (202) 224-6542. Tell the office who you are, where you’re from, and deliver a simple request: “Please fully fund Next-Generation 9-1-1.”
- Please consider doing the same with the Senators from your state. Click here to find their contact information.
- Sign the Petition: Support Next Generation 9-1-1 Funding Legislation
Why is this important?
This legislation provides $15 billion to update our nation’s 9-1-1 infrastructure, protect this infrastructure from cyber threats, and ensures that all members of the first responder community will be trained to effectively use Next Generation 9-1-1 technology to complete their mission: To save lives. This legislation will provide funding to not only update, but modernize the existing 9-1-1 infrastructure, as well as ensure interoperability, address cybersecurity concerns, and provide training for first responders and end users of the 9-1-1 system.
by ECC Editor | Sep 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
On Friday at 05:15 officers from District B-2 responded to Ceylon Street for reports of a person stabbed in the eye. Boston Police and Boston EMS arrived to find a party dispersing and nobody stabbed in the eye. Officers spoke with the young man that owned the phone, who said someone “borrowed his phone and prank called 911”.
A blatant waste of vital services, a violation of MA General Law – Part IV, Title I, Chapter 269, Section 14B: (a) Whoever willfully and maliciously communicates with a PSAP, or causes a communication to be made to a PSAP, which communication transmits information which the person knows or has reason to know is false and which results in the dispatch of emergency services to a nonexistent emergency or to the wrong location of an actual emergency… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) – Douglas County Sheriff will add a new 911 operating system in late October.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is also adding new 911 dispatchers to the team with openings rght now.
Douglas County Sheriff, Chris Degase, said this operating system is much-needed.
“I think Douglas County is one of the few counties still left that doesn’t have 911,” said Degase. “Towards the end of October, we would be implementing the first phase of it, which would be we’d be able to locate cell phone calls.” … READ MORE
