WOOD RIVER – The Wood River Police Department has recognized two key members of its staff as both Officer of the Year and Telecommunicator of the Year.
Detective Brent Rombach and Records Supervisor Arron Weber were the two recognized.
“Detective Rombach was recognized for being the Officer of the Year – 2019 for… READ MORE
JUPITER — From around Northlake Boulevard to the Martin County line, every town along the coast uses the same 9-1-1 dispatch and police communications service — except Tequesta.
That would change under a proposal by Tequesta Police Chief Gus Medina at a Village Council workshop Monday night. Joining NorthCom, the shared emergency call center overseen by Palm Beach Gardens, would result in better public and officer safety and cost savings, Medina said…
ONTARIO – The Public Safety Radio Network (PSRN) in Ontario, a network of radio infrastructure that is used by public agencies and emergency responders in the province, is set to go silent to the public’s ears by 2023 as the network is modernized and upgraded to use updated and encrypted technology.
In October 2018, the province announced the upcoming modernization of the then-20-year-old radio network…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) — Accidental emergency calls have become a costly problem at the Brown County 911 Center.
“We have to spend our time and resources on seeing where and how that call came in,” Cullen Peltier, Director of Brown County Public Safety Communications said.
The popularization of SmartPhones, like iPhones, has led to an increase in those types of calls…
When former correctional officer Michelle McKeaveney’s mental health spiralled into an operational stress injury (OSI), online therapy wasn’t an option.
Last Wednesday, however, the U of R released a new online tool for public safety personnel throughout Saskatchewan. Researchers plan to expand it into Quebec, and eventually across Canada…
Bill Kerry, director of the Ithaca College Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, discussed the creation of a Public Safety app with the Student Governance Council on Feb. 3 at a meeting held in the Public Safety office.
Kerry said that development for the app began in Fall 2019 and that it should be completed during Spring 2020. He also said that in addition to the Public Safety office, Information Technology and the Office of College Communications helped to develop the app too…
