by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 8, 2020 | Comm Center News
Horry County’s public safety departments need more than $10 million in additional staff, equipment, raises and facilities so officials can maintain services for a rapidly growing population, according to county projections.
County staff relayed that message last month during county council’s budget retreat, and those calls will only grow louder in the coming months as council members hammer out their spending plan for the next fiscal year.
“We can’t continue the same level of service if we continue to deal with more growth…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 8, 2020 | Comm Center News
It was a busy year for local dispatchers and the responders they directed to calls for service in the county.
A total of 15,055 calls for service — which includes anything from routine police activity to emergency fire and ambulance calls — were processed by the Appanoose County Law Center dispatchers. Of those, 9,582 were to Centerville addresses.
The Centerville Police Department’s officers put 2,419 miles on their squad cars transporting inmates to…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 8, 2020 | Comm Center News
The woman who was hiding in a closet during a deadly shooting in Mecca Township Sunday was talking with a Trumbull County 911 Dispatcher as the incident unfolded.
“You could tell immediately with her voice that she was genuinely terrified,” Theodore Harrell said, a dispatcher with the Trumbull County 911 Center.
The call came on Sunday evening just before 9 p.m.
Harrell says he quickly worked to calm the woman down…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 8, 2020 | Comm Center News
(ANCHORAGE) – Two major initiatives, Wireless 9-1-1 and consolidation of emergency communication services, are underway to greatly improve law enforcement services to all Alaskans. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is providing a one-year courtesy heads up to telecommunication companies statewide that a formal request for the implementation of Wireless 9-1-1 will occur. Under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules …
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 8, 2020 | Comm Center News
HIGH POINT, N.C. — The 9-1-1 service in the High Point area is back online after an outage Wednesday, according to a Wednesday announcement from the City of High Point.
During the outage, the city warned that callers could hear excessive ringing and no answer.
Anyone experiencing an emergency in the High Point area can call 9-1-1…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 8, 2020 | Comm Center News
A Youngstown teen accused of placing phony emergency calls to draw out first responders in four states is expected to plead guilty in court Wednesday.
David Dorbish, 17, is scheduled to appear for a plea hearing in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court instead of going on trial next week.
Dorbish, who turns 18 next month, drew national attention for allegedly making fake 911 calls to police departments in Florida, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Indiana…
