PROVIDENCE — Scammers are trying to trick Rhode Islanders into revealing personal information by posing as representatives of the emergency 911 system, according to public safety officials.
A warning was issued Tuesday by Col. James M. Manni, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and director of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, as well as E-911 Director J. David Smith… READ MORE
The disturbing crime spree that occurred on Feb. 22, apparently orchestrated by a single perpetrator — including two homicides, two carjackings, and bullets fired at random cars, seriously injuring one driver (interactive timeline below) — might appear to have warranted an order from law enforcement for nearby residents and those at businesses to shelter in place until the suspect was in custody.
But it wasn’t until a police standoff Feb. 25 that CSPD issued such an alert, often called a “reverse 9-1-1,” through the El Paso-Teller County 9-1-1 Authority’s Peak Alerts system.
Although it has been a taboo at the European level up to now, the time has come to break this taboo and to recognise that space is an enabler of security and defence, with a defence dimension for Galileo and a security element for Copernicus, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said at the 12th Space Policy Conference in Brussels on 22 January.
In his address at the Conference, the Commissioner stressed that the security and defence element of the space programmes would be strengthened with the progressive launch of two new initiatives – a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system to monitor space debris…
TORONTO — Police were dispatched to a home in the U.S. after a six-year-old dialed 911 for her “injured” toy bunny, sparking one of the cutest conversations on the internet.
Fort Collins Police Service in Colorado traced the call to an address to investigate after the youngster, Natalie, hung-up.
In audio released by the police, the girl, her mom and grandmother can be heard explaining the situation to kind-hearted officer Dane.
Los Alamos Police Department dispatcher Erica Rock, center, graduated Feb. 21 from the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy as Valedictorian for Public Safety Telecommunicator Class 146. Rock’s grade point average was a 99.07. LAPD Chief Sgambellone, right, congratulated her on her achievement. ‘We are very proud of Erica … READ MORE
It is a question asked 240,000,000 times a year, according to the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). While it is indisputably the most critical piece of information that the caller has, it is also the most difficult to communicate to the 9-1-1 call taker. How can this possibly be in this age of modern cell phones containing location services?
True, the cellular device you have in your pocket knows precisely the location of where it is. It uses radio signals from the mobile network, GPS satellite positioning… READ MORE
