CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Frustration and grief from the family of a young man hit and killed by a police car.
“You can name one street after Amir or a hundred, but it does not stop our pain,” said Paula McClendon, Amir Jordan’s grandmother.
The family’s anger, and now lawsuit, aimed not at the police, but at the 911 call center that sent an officer racing through the city.
Frustration and grief from the family of a young man hit and killed by a police car. The family’s anger, and now lawsuit, aimed not at the police, but at the 911 call center that sent an officer racing through the city. (WKRC, Provided)
Edward Veneziano II, a Penn State police dispatcher, was charged Tuesday after allegedly stealing police equipment, misusing law enforcement databases, and allowing a former student auxiliary officer into a secure police dispatch center to access Pennsylvania State Police radio programming, according to the Centre Daily Times.
Veneziano faces felony charges of dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, distribution of devices for the theft of telecommunications services, computer trespass, and criminal trespass. He also faces three misdemeanor theft counts.
Back in June, News 5 first told you how artificial intelligence is answering phones at the Summit Emergency Communications Center.
Now, AI is listening to those emergency calls and helping dispatchers in real time.
“It’s a tool to help us so that we can get help to the citizens faster and that we can get more efficient information to our first responders,” said Summit Emergency Communications Center Deputy Director of Administration, Samantha Fickes.
The Austin City Council adopted a budget on Wednesday that makes cuts to several programs and services and sets up the framework for a new office aimed at speeding up emergency response times.
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and Council Member Marc Duchen voted against the budget, citing concerns about the city’s spending as residents struggle with affordability.
When a 911 call comes in, dispatchers do not get to choose the emergency, the caller or the conditions on the other end of the line. A routine request can be followed by a water rescue involving a panicked caller, loud background noise and responders who may be miles away.
New Orleans has become the first major U.S. city to publicly acknowledge the use of AI to help answer and triage certain 911 calls.
It’s a move that supporters say could reduce dispatcher overload and improve response times for life-threatening emergencies, but which critics warn could introduce new risks into one of the most important public safety systems.
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
