by ECC Editor | Aug 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
The City of Roanoke and Virginia 811 (VA811) held a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony today for a new Communications Center that houses the city’s E-911 Center and the VA811 Contact Center. Located at 1830 Blue Hills Circle (in the Roanoke Centre for Industry and Technology), the facility creates a culture that promotes innovative thinking, information sharing, and an increased awareness and interaction with our community… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
(JUDAH) – Marshall Township Fire Chief Jason Lewis has asked that Marshall Township be provided an automatic mutual aid agreement with Monroe Fire Protection District in Monroe County.
He made the request during last month’s Lawrence County 9-1-1 Board Meeting.
The automatic mutual aid agreement will be for calls of fires and auto accidents in the township. The agreement will benefit Marshall Township during the daytime and on weekdays when the department is short-staffed…
by ECC Editor | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance announces a partnership between the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board (TECB) and Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading mission-critical communications consulting and information technology (IT) support services firm.
The new project will focus on assessing the cybersecurity status of Tennessee’s 142 public safety answering points (PSAPs). When completed, the cybersecurity assessment will provide the PSAPs with an understanding of their baseline status and increased awareness of vulnerabilities…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office was awarded national accreditation on July 31, 2020 by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA ®) in the Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program. BSO was first accredited on July 31, 2010. This is the agency’s fourth award of national accreditation.
Following a multi-year self-assessment phase and a meticulous site-based assessment of community engagement, policy, procedures, equipment and facilities by CALEA assessors, Colonel Oscar Llerena, Director of Regional Communications Angela Mize, Assistant Director of Regional Communications Tara Thomas and Accreditation Manager Jessica Doriety attended CALEA’s 2020 Virtual Conference. Each agency being reviewed, goes before CALEA’s 21-member Board of Commissioners where the commission reviews all findings and determines the agencies’ accreditation status.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
Charleston County law enforcement agencies completed a switch to fully encrypted radio communications this week, effectively blocking the public from hearing transmissions and prompting transparency concerns.
For the past 18 months, agencies including the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office and the Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island police departments have been transitioning their communications to encrypted radio channels.
Previously, anyone with a commercially available scanner could listen to officers’ and deputies’ communications as they responded to dispatch calls…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
ROANOKE, Va. – Dispatchers in the Star City now have a new place to call home, which they say will help them better serve the community.
The new building that houses emergency communications in Roanoke is state-of-the-art.
“We’ll be able to actually tell if it’s raining or snowing rather than just waiting for the phone calls to come in,” explained Roanoke E-911 Systems Coordinator John Powers…
