by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
A Murray County 911 dispatcher who was fired for illegally tracing a vehicle license plate number while on duty pleaded guilty to felony computer invasion of privacy in Superior Court on Wednesday.
Billie Jane Allen, 33, of 356 W. Walnut St., was arrested on June 15, 2009, by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office. A dispatcher for four years, she was fired four days later.
Judge Robert Adams ordered a pre-sentence investigation after Allen’s plea. Allen was arrested in July…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
With the introduction of texting to Loudon County E-911 Center, residents have another way to get help in an emergency.
“The state of Tennessee has been working on the Next Generation 9-1-1 platform, which will allow 911 districts to receive text messages, eventually video messages, pictures, things of that nature, for about five years now,” Jennifer White, local 911 center director, said. “So it’s been a statewide rollout and it just became an option to become live over this last year, essentially about a six-month time frame for districts…
by ECC Editor | Apr 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Parts of Las Vegas will be shining gold this week to honor local telecommunicators, also known as dispatchers, during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
This week, from April 12-18, Las Vegas City Hall and lights on Main Street in downtown Las Vegas will be gold to honor those individuals working as 9-1-1 operators, or dispatchers, in our community.
Each year, one week in April is selected to recognize public safety communicators for their performance in helping to save lives and property… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
LAURINBURG — Tele-communicators, also known as 911 operators, are often the unsung heroes and the “man behind the curtain.” However, the Scotland County Board of Commissioners has set out to change that.
At its last meeting on April 6, the board made a resolution stating that Scotland County will recognize National Public Safety Telecommunicator’s week, which began on Sunday… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
ADA, Okla. (KTEN) — Emergency dispatchers are a crucial link between people who need help and first responders. That’s why April 12-18 is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week.
“I have so much appreciation for our dispatchers,” said Pontotoc 911 Manager Danny Manuel. “The dispatchers are the first link in the emergency chain of survival; they are so critical.”
Dispatch centers are asking people to show their appreciation by writing posts on social media or writing a letter to a newspaper editor to explain how a dispatcher may have helped you…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 15, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
RapidDeploy, in collaboration with Microsoft, enables PSAPs to maintain operations while telecommunicators work from the safety of their homes.
A recent article published by The Hill stated that 90 percent of Americans are now voluntarily or involuntarily staying at home to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Social distancing and self-quarantining are essential to flatten the curve of this unprecedented pandemic. However, survey results as part of…
