by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 11, 2020 | Comm Center News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State University Police and Public Safety (UPPS) has appointed Iris Richardson as the department’s first director of diversity, equity and inclusion, following a national search that began in 2019.
Iris Richardson has been named Penn State University Police and Public Safety’s first director of diversity, equity and inclusion. In this newly added position, Richardson will be committed to developing overall diversity, equity and inclusion programming for UPPS while also serving the Penn State community…
by ECC Editor | Jun 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
WEBSTER, MASS. (WHDH) – Town officials and public safety agencies showed their support for Webster Police Chief Michael Shaw, who faced criticism after laying on the ground with demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd on Saturday.
Wheeler, Police Lt. Gordon Wentworth, Jr., the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, members of the town’s Office of the Board of Selectmen and Town Administrator, Webster Fire Chief Brian Hickey, Webster EMS Chief Gary Milliard, Jr., and the South Worcester County Communications Center all wrote letters in support of what Shaw did… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
The communications center is asking Killeen to contribute 16% or $1.5 million of the center’s overall $9.2 million budget. According to Bell County Judge David Blackburn, who serves on the center’s executive board, the requested figure is based on the number of Killeen-based calls the center receives. The center handles dispatch of 9-1-1 calls for emergency service for Killeen and public safety departments across the county… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
It was late one night when the calls started coming in for a cow running loose on the streets of Westminster.
The cow ran down streets with officers chasing it for more than an hour. At one point the cow even jumped over the hood of a police unit, damaging the vehicle.
It was hectic — and funny, said Westminster Police Department Communications Supervisor Sonia Kelly…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 9, 2020 | Comm Center News
The public is cordially invited to attend a Ground Breaking Ceremony scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on June 17, for the new City of Jacksonville Public Safety Complex.
The facility will be built on city-owned property at the corner of S. Bolton St. and Devereaux St.
The 27,365-square-foot complex will cost about $9 million and will be funded by the General Fund debt service…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 9, 2020 | Comm Center News
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Emergency medical dispatchers across North America can now quickly direct 911 callers during time-critical cardiac emergencies to the closest automated external defibrillator (AED), thanks to the implementation of an AED geolocation plan by Priority Dispatch and the PulsePoint Foundation. The partnership between Priority Dispatch and PulsePoint allows 911 dispatchers to…
