A Harrison Police Department dispatcher was arrested for possessing over 1,000 images of child pornography after a joint investigation between the Harrison and Secaucus Police Departments, as well as the New Jersey State Police, authorities said.
Sugar Land City Council recently approved a resolution to utilize the construction manager at risk (CMAR) procurement method to build a new emergency operations center (EOC) and dispatch center.
LINCOLN, Neb. —
Nebraska senators are ready to dial up new legislation after statewide 911 outages downed phone lines for operators at call centers.
Over the past three to four months, the Nebraska Public Service Commission says it has sought to determine the cause and scope of two widespread outages. State senators say the results will help guide the response to future disruptions at the hands of technology.
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – KRON4 learned Wednesday that major missteps kept hundreds of dispatching jobs unfilled in Oakland. A deep dive into the city’s hiring process revealed hundreds of applications were ignored for an entire year.
DARLINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – The Darlington County coroner identified a 21-year-old mother, who worked for the county as a 911 dispatcher, as the woman killed in a Wednesday night shooting.
The city of Norfolk was short 26 dispatchers as of Dec. 6.
“It is more than normal, but unfortunately it is par for the course with the time that we’re seeing,” Redick explained. “Not only regionally, but nationally.”
