AVONDALE, Ariz. — The Avondale Police Department is doing what it can to keep up with the city’s rapid growth.
For the past nine months, the agency has been busy updating its Communication Center. Recently, the improvements have been finished, and dispatchers tell 12News it’s like night and day.
Cumberland County and the City of Fayetteville have failed to merge their 911 call centers on three separate occasions since 2007. Months of debate and a proposal developed by local emergency services leaders may prove the fourth time’s a charm.
On Monday, the Fayetteville-Cumberland Liaison Committee moved to present the joint 911 call center proposal to the Fayetteville City Council and the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners for their consideration.
Starting Monday, Sept. 22, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office will begin sending text messages to residents and visitors who call for service, asking them to provide feedback on their experience.
BROWN COUNTY (WLUK) — Earlier this month, we told you temporary relief had arrived for overworked Brown County 911 dispatchers.
The Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission on July 10 approved a $15 million grant to modernize the state’s emergency response system.
The money will go toward moving Idaho’s decades-old analog 911 infrastructure to a secure, digital network called Next Generation 911, according to a press release from the Office of Emergency Management.
and public education throughout the rollout process.”
It’s a call no one ever wants to make, but if you dial 911 you need, and have the right to expect, the system to work when every second counts. That’s why what is happening in America’s largest state should concern everyone in the nation.
California’s attempt to modernize its emergency system with Next Generation 911 was supposed to make things faster, smarter and more efficient. It sounds great, but in reality it’s a cautionary tale about a system that’s not just glitchy, but failing in ways that could cost lives.
