by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 20, 2019 | Comm Center News
Westmoreland County commissioners are expected this week to approve
more than $2.7 million in upgrades to the 911 emergency dispatch system.
Public Safety Director Roland Mertz said Tuesday that plans call for
replacement of aging computer-aided dispatch equipment and installation
of a new transmission tower to provide better radio service in the
Loyalhanna Gorge area between Latrobe and Ligonier.
“We can’t afford to …. Read More..
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 20, 2019 | Comm Center News
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – La Crosse County property taxpayers will
continue to save money next year. La Crosse County officials said the
2020 budget keeps taxes in check but provides the funding needed for
road repairs.
The county did need to borrow $5 million,
however, to meet the need for those upgrades. The board also approved
$150,000 for the La Crosse Center, as well as funds to continue
improving the emergency radio system. County Board Chair Tara Johnson
said this budget was a successful one.
“We have the sixth…. Read More..
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 20, 2019 | Comm Center News
Brittani was a familiar voice in the KFGO Newsroom, but after 3 years, she put down one radio wave for the next. After a long 6-8 week interview process and 6 months of training, she is a Communications Operator at Red River Regional Dispatch.
In this podcast: Brittani talks about what the process to become an operator, the desire to seek out the profession, and some of the fallacies we all believe Read More
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – If one is lucky enough, maybe they will
never have to dial those three numbers etched in our brains, 9-1-1.
When we think of first responders, we often think of police and fire.
One group we often overlook are emergency dispatchers. They are the
ones who take the initial calls and get us the help we need.
“We hear lots of things. Some good but most of them are bad,” said Dispatcher…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
PLYMOUTH – Town Council members approved a contract Monday with Litchfield County Dispatch effective April 2020 that will result in the layoffs of the town’s 12 dispatchers next year. The town will enter into a three-month agreement from April 1 through June 30 with LCD to close out the 2019-20 fiscal year.
by ECC Editor | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A Cleveland police dispatcher was fired after being convicted of criminal mischief.
John Haney III, 35, was terminated on Nov. 15.
Haney had been charged with multiple counts of theft, but was convicted of the lesser charge of criminal mischief.
The Cleveland Division of Police, Internal Affairs Unit, started the internal investigation … READ MORE
