by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 5, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
As board member for the First Responder Network Authority, former Hennepin County Sheriff Richard W. Stanek is bringing to a national audience his commitment to public safety excellence and innovation that characterized his tenure as sheriff for the largest county in Minnesota.
Stanek, who retired in 2018 after a career of serving the public, served as a legislator in the Minnesota House of Representatives and helped lead the Minneapolis Police Department as commander. But his tireless efforts at bringing pragmatic solutions to the force he steered and served as Hennepin County Sheriff from 2007 and 2018…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 4, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
An enduring lesson for public safety leadership in recent years is that the public wants and expects accurate information, transparency.
It has been more than a week since mass protests and riots erupted in dozens of cities in the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd.
In the days that followed, public safety leaders expressed their grief for Floyd, condemnation of the four former officers, and discussed their department’s commitment to justice, fairness and service on all available channels…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 4, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Call it off-network, talk-around, simplex, one-to-one, one-to-many, or peer-to-peer for IT folks, it is all the same. Regardless of how good a network or series of networks is, there are times when those in the field need to take their communications off the network(s) and down to a local level. Public-safety radio communications began with one-way from the stationhouse to the vehicle and then evolved in the 1930s to two-way radio base station-to-mobile and then mobile-to-mobile. After a number of technological advances, we now have multiple networks…
by ECC Editor | Jun 3, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Many measures implemented initially in reaction to demands associated with the COVID-19 pandemic likely will become long-term components of public-safety communications, particularly in the 911 arena, public-safety representatives said during a recent webinar.
Mel Maier, captain of the emergency communications and operations division of the Oakland County (Mich.) Sheriff’s Office, said the COVID-19 situation has illuminated the need for interoperability between public-safety answering points (PSAPs) that allows for efficient transfers of information and resources… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 3, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Download PDFIntroduction: Emergency dispatchers report significant job stress, yet few controlled investigations examine their specific psychological complaints. Additionally, research examining the use of interventions directed at alleviating their work-related stress is limited.
Results: Twenty-three percent (23%) of the sample (n = 27) met criteria for PTSD. Engagement with PTSD Coach over a one-month period resulted in statistically significant decreases in PTSD symptom severity and other psychological indicators…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 2, 2020 | Articles
The Federal Communications Commission and the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have sent a joint letter urging the country’s governors and the mayor of Washington, DC, to take steps to ensure that Americans remain connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The joint letter underscores the importance that communications services are playing during the pandemic by enabling Americans’ access to key components of daily life, including telehealth, telework and distance learning…
