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…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
New York ’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of 22 new, purpose-built FirstNet cell sites and other network enhancements. This new infrastructure is part of the FirstNet network expansion taking place across the state, bringing increased coverage, capacity and capabilities for public safety. This includes a new FirstNet site in Gasport.
FirstNet is the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built for America’s first responders and the extended public safety community. It’s built with AT&T in a public-private partnership with the FirstNet Authority – an independent agency within the federal government…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
NEW ALBANY — It’s the unknown that bothers Angie Hackworth.
After the Floyd County dispatcher has answered an emergency call and routed the necessary response to the scene, she often wonders what happened to the person who was in need of assistance.
“You don’t know if that child survived the drowning, or if the kid who was shot on accident made it,” Hackworth said. “It’s difficult because we get the calls and we handle the stress, but we don’t know what happens after it…
by ECC Editor | Aug 6, 2020 | Comm Center News
Residents will soon be able to text 911 in the event of an emergency.
Starting Sept. 1, Hopkinsville-Christian County Emergency Communications Center is integrating texting into its 911 answering system.
ECC will be utilizing a platform offered by INdigital called “Texty.”
Texty is a platform that allows the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to ‘add on’ non-voice (SMS) to an existing phase II E9-1-1 call. It provides text to and from 9-1-1 services… READ MORE
