by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2020 | Comm Center News
Laurie Anderson, ENP elected 2nd Vice President; Cassie Lowery, ENP elected Southeastern Director; Bruce Romero, ENP elected Western Director; Karin Marquez, ENP elected Private Sector Director.
Today, NENA: The 9-1-1 Association announced that Laurie Anderson, ENP of the Charlotte County (FL) Sheriff’s Office, Cassie Lowery, ENP of Rutherford County (TN) Emergency Communications, Bruce Romero, ENP of the Arapahoe County (CO) E911 Emergency Communications Service Authority, and Karin Marquez, ENP of RapidSOS have been elected by the organizations? membership to serve on its Board of Directors and help lead the association?s mission to improve 9-1-1 through research, standards development, training, education, outreach, and advocacy.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The NG9-1-1 Interoperability Oversight Commission (NIOC) is pleased to announce that Laurie Flaherty, Coordinator for the National 911 Program at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and David Furth, Deputy Chief of the Federal Communications Commission?s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, have been confirmed by the NENA Board to fill two non-voting seats on the NIOC. In this role, they will serve as liaisons between NIOC and the federal government?s 9-1-1 policy coordination and telecommunications regulatory functions, respectively…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2020 | Comm Center News
It took four years and millions of dollars but finally the City of Beverly Hills is parting ways with Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli. […]At least 21 current and former BHPD department [including dispatch] employees, however, were unsatisfied and filed civil lawsuits or internal complaints accusing Spagnoli of a range of harassment, racism, and sexual misconduct.
[…] The Blade focused on lawsuits alleging anti-gay/lesbian discrimination and retaliation filed by two out lesbian civilian employees and the police supervisors who supported them…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2020 | Comm Center News
Murfreesboro, Tenn. – Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center Communications Supervisor Tiffany Matthews and Communications Training Officer Brady Lutton have been named co-Public Safety Telecommunicator of the Year for their hard work and selfless actions.
Matthews regularly volunteers to take on additional tasks just so others don’t get burned out. She stays over regular working hours and comes in on her days off to assist with short shifts…
by ECC Editor | Apr 27, 2020 | Comm Center News
The week is designated to recognize them for all that they do in their vital role in helping ensure the public are safe, but also for looking out for Law Enforcement Officers, Fire Fighters, Emergency Medical personnel and the many other persons whom they dispatch, sheriff’s office officials said in a press release.
“Our county dispatchers are constantly learning and implementing new procedures, protocols and technologies, especially in this rapidly changing world that we are now living in,” officials said in the release. “New procedures… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 27, 2020 | Comm Center News
Perhaps one of the few good things to come out of the Covid-19 crisis is the spotlight it has shone on the nation’s essential workers, from doctors and nurses to grocery clerks to first responders, and more.
People generally understand “first responder” to be an all-inclusive term. It includes police officers, sheriff’s deputies, emergency medical technicians and firefighters. But one critical link in the chain is often left out: 911 dispatchers.
Earlier this month, the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners took action to change that, passing a proclamation recognizing the important work of their 911 call takers, dispatchers…
