by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
With the local economy shaken and city revenues on a steep decline, Palo Alto is preparing to reconsider its most ambitious infrastructure project: the new public safety building that is slated to go up in the California Avenue business district.
The city has recently gone out to bid on the project, which has an estimated price tag of $115 million. City Manager Ed Shikada said Monday that the city expects to get the bids back in the coming weeks, giving the council a chance to approve construction work for the project before the end of the year…
by ECC Editor | Oct 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) – Local 911 dispatchers said they felt the Harrisonburg explosion at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Emergency Communications Center on Saturday and within seconds, got a call volume like no other.
On Saturday between 8:20 a.m. and 3 p.m., HRECC received 504 incoming and outgoing phone calls after the explosion… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Oct 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Twelve Kentucky State Police telecommunicators from throughout the Commonwealth were recognized at graduation ceremonies for the sixteenth class of the agency’s in-house Telecommunications Academy.
The Post 3 graduate of the 16th KSP Telecommunications Academy included Carole D. Waldrop, of Bowling Green. She is the spouse of Johnathan Waldrop and a graduate of Daymar College… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – A just released report (which you can find here) paints a dysfunctional operation at the Public Safety Communications Department in Tucson. The PSCD dispatches 911 calls for both police and fire departments.
The Tucson City Manager, Michael Ortega, called for the report last summer amid “concerns about the workplace and environment” which were brought to him by the employees who worked there…
by ECC Editor | Oct 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
CAMPBELLSBURG, Ky. (WTVQ) – Twelve Kentucky State Police telecommunicators from throughout the Commonwealth were recognized at graduation ceremonies for the 16th class of the agency’s in-house Telecommunications Academy.
KSP Commissioner Rodney Brewer told the graduates the role of a telecommunicator at KSP is one of the “most pivotal positions we have”… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Oct 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
Public safety in Tuscaloosa County has been upgraded with a new way to contact 911.
Like many 911 centers across the nation, agencies part of the Tuscaloosa County Emergency Operations Center can now accept inbound messages and send outbound messages via text, according to a news release from Tuscaloosa County 9-1-1… READ MORE
