by ECC Editor | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
The board of St. Francois County 911 reviewed the joint communications center’s financial position and discussed projects on the horizon during their meeting Wednesday morning.
Treasurer and District 1 Board Member Ginger Taylor, of Taylor Tax & Consulting, heads the budget and finance committee. She indicated that, in reviewing sales tax collections since April 2015, she was pleased with collections for October.
“I was pleasantly surprised to see October was up pretty significantly over all the other years,” she said. “This year… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Alleging errors made by emergency dispatchers might have cost lives, the family of Akilah DaSilva sued the city of Nashville and its Emergency Communications Center. Just over a year and a half after the tragedy, the former director of the Emergency Communications Center is admitting police were first sent to the wrong Waffle House.
In a deposition with DaSilva family attorneys…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
CANBY, Ore. – The deputies that were the first to respond to a devastating quadruple murder earlier this year were honored for rescuing the surviving girl.
Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies were called out to a home on South Barlow Road on the night of January 19, 2019 on reports of a domestic violence/multiple homicide incident.
They arrived to find 42-year-old Mark Gago trying to kill…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
ROGERSVILLE — Questions surrounding the Emergency Medical Dispatching certifications of several Hawkins Co. Emergency Communications District dispatchers resulted this week in all staff having to be re-certified by an onsite instructor, and a full training audit of all staff members, because more than half were said to be non-compliant.
That training, and an on-site training records audit, will cost the county more than $8,000 and could have possible legal ramifications should…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 18, 2019 | Comm Center News
ENID, Okla. — Tears came to the eyes of Angela Langham when she was asked how she felt Monday morning.
Langham, a dispatcher for Enid and Garfield County’s 911 Center, received a free replacement HVAC system for her home from Dense Comfort Solutions.
“I am super surprised,” she said. “Actually, I don’t know what to say…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 18, 2019 | Comm Center News
A fired Allegheny County 911 dispatcher on Monday sued the county and two top officials in federal court, claiming that she was terminated because of Facebook posts about the fatal police shooting of a teenager in East Pittsburgh last year.
In the two-count complaint filed in U.S. District Court, Natalie Vallecorsa is claiming retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights and a civil rights violation.
She is demanding a jury trial…
