OBERLIN — Police dispatchers will get new radios and office equipment at a cost of $187,368 following a City Council fast-track vote Monday.
The purchases will allow the Oberlin Police Department to communicate with other emergency personnel who already have switched to digital bands…
LOUISVILLE, Ken. — Kentucky’s top cop resigned Monday, three days after a group of high school journalists reported about a training slideshow that featured multiple quotes from Nazi leader Adolph Hitler and encouraged state police cadets to be “ruthless killers.”
Rodney Brewer’s resignation goes into effect on Wednesday. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has chosen Lt. Col. Phillip Burnett to serve as acting commissioner…
Half of the Grant County Central Dispatch staff is currently out of commission after a positive COVID-19 case and subsequent quarantines.
Public Safety Communications Director Michael Clayton told Grant County Commissioners at the board’s regular meeting Monday that one dispatcher tested positive for COVID-19 last week, and nine additional employees are currently quarantining at home after they were determined to be a close contact of the infected employee…
The Defense Department is looking to overhaul its public safety communications ecosystem.
The legacy public safety solutions DOD currently uses will be upgraded to the IP-based commercial technologies currently used by state and local government responders for routing for 911 calls, according to an Oct. 28 request for information…
LUBBOCK, Texas– Lubbock County 911 dispatchers have all hands on deck to serve the community during these uncertain times of COVID-19. As the first to respond to any emergency dispatchers are learning to adhere to new protocols in order to account for calls concerning the virus. Jessica Ramos has served as a dispatcher for 9 years and says 2020 has been the most chaotic…
By Edward Parkinson, CEO, FirstNet Authority
The vision for a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (FirstNet) is rooted in the interoperability challenges that have faced our nation’s first responders for decades. The 9/11 attacks served as a catalyst for recommendations from the 9/11 Commission for interoperability across networks that transcend individual agencies.
Congressional action led to the development of the organization that I lead, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), that is charged by federal law to ensure the building, deployment, operation, and improvement of the nationwide public safety broadband network in consultation with public safety. READ MORE
