Describing the current emergency 9-1-1 system as “old and outdated,” Highland County Sheriff Donnie Barrera told the Highland County commissioners Wednesday that 9-1-1 coordinator Scott Miller and Emergency Management Director David Bushelman were in the final stages of applying for a grant to upgrade the system.
He said the cost of the upgrade was in the neighborhood of $167,000.
“It is a reimbursement grant,” Bushelman said. “It’s a 60/40…
METAIRIE – A woman was killed and another person injured when the woman’s car broke down on the Causeway and she pulled over to call 911 for help.
WWL-TV reports that after the woman pulled over in the right lane and phoned 911, dispatchers heard a crash as an SUV plowed into her vehicle.
The SUV hit her so hard it flipped into the next lane. A nearby doctor rushed out of their car to help but was unable…
All her life, Leah Boisvert knew she wanted to help people.
After graduating from Louisa County High School in 2017, Boisvert began the long process of becoming a law enforcement officer. She signed up for the two-year administration of justice degree at Reynolds Community College, from which she will graduate in December with an associate’s degree.
While studying at Reynolds, she heard about a new program that the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office had started, the Citizens Law Enforcement Academy. In 2018, she applied to the academy…
PRINCETON — When someone calls 911 in an emergency, the first responder to that call is an emergency public safety telecommunicator.
However, those telecommunicators still don’t fall under the official classification of a “first responder.”
That is a situation county leaders in Mercer County and across the state are trying to change.
During the Mercer County Commission meeting Tuesday night, commissioners approved a resolution proclaiming…
RALEIGH (WTVD) — A City of Raleigh 911 dispatcher resigned after being arrested by federal agents and indicted in an investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York.
According to a recent news release the FBI investigated a New York man who “masterminded a brazen scheme that involved bribing 911 operators, medical personnel, and police officers for the confidential information of tens of thousands of motor vehicle accident victims.”
The release claims that Anthony Rose….”
Committees of the Jefferson County Quorum Court on Tuesday will consider a nearly $27.5 million 2020 budget when they meet at 5:30 p.m.
The proposed budget calls for $8.275 million in the 2020 County General Fund and another $19.160 million in miscellaneous funds.
Looking at some specifics in the County General Fund, he 2020 budget calls for spending $617.423.20 by the County Judge’s Office, with more than half that devoted to salaries and benefits. The county clerk’s budget… READ MORE
