by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 22, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
This week we begin with comments about The FirstNet Authority blog concerning 3GPP and my comments on the 3GPP MCPTT standard and devices in the market today. Next up is the delay in the Senate’s passing of the repeal of the T-Band giveback due to one Senator and hopes for new Majority FCC Commissioners who truly care about how spectrum is used and who needs it instead of doling it out to commercial interests to the detriment of critical-communications systems.
3GPP Mission-Critical Update
People who, like me, are interested in the mission-critical segment of the 3GPP standards for both 4G (LTE) and 5G networks commented on last week’s Advocate and agreed that sifting through the 3GPP website is quite difficult…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 21, 2020 | Comm Center News
he Mt. Vernon Police Department would like to welcome their newest telecommunicator (911 dispatcher) Javier Ruiz-Roubert. He will be answering 911 calls, dispatching police, fire, and EMS that are within the city. Javier brings experience to this position having worked as a part time telecommunicator with another agency, EMT for an ambulance company, and a volunteer firefighter…
by ECC Editor | Oct 21, 2020 | Comm Center News
Telecommunicator Roberta Clutz has been received an honor from Illinois State Police by being named as Telecommunicator of the Year recently.
Clutz has served the Illinois State Police for more than 16 years as a telecommunicator specialist, beginning her career in 2004 at ISP District 21. She has continued her career at the Pontiac Communications Center.
On March 7, 2019, while working the District 6 radio console and training a Telecommunicator Trainee, Clutz handled an incident that involved a multi-agency high-speed pursuit after the fatal shooting of a police officer in Rockford… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Oct 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — An investigation has begun into a package sent to the Luzerne County 911 Center.
That package was a “glitter bomb”, shooting glitter all over when opened. And, county officials say it’s no laughing matter.
Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis confirms the investigation. 911 officials say they can’t comment on this ongoing investigation, only to say they are cooperating with detectives from the district attorney’s office… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
Shrewsbury – Town Meeting members met for a Special Town Meeting Sept. 29 to vote on a measure to approve $42 million debt exclusion to fund a new police station and public safety radio system. That request was resoundingly approved. Next, the voters will have their say when the question is presented on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The existing police station, which was built in 197, has according to Police Chief Kevin E. Anderson, significantly outlived its intended lifetime….
by ECC Editor | Oct 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
MANSFIELD – H. Lee Robinson announced his retirement from the Mansfield Division of Police effective Tuesday as a 911 operator.
Robinson was hired by the Mansfield Fire Department on July 8, 1988 as a dispatcher and transferred to the Public Safety Communications Center as a telecommunicator in May 1991 when public safety dispatching was combined with 911 to form one communications center… READ MORE
