by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- Social media has made it easier to communicate, but Sioux Falls Police want to remind folks that it doesn’t work for everything. When it comes to reporting tips and crimes, the “old fashioned” way works best.
Like many organizations, the Sioux Falls Police Department has a Facebook and Twitter account.
“Just trying to I guess kind of pull back the curtain and let people know what we’re doing. Things that may not be newsworthy…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
The phones were ringing much more than usual today at Winnebago County’s 911 dispatch center.
About 450 calls came in between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. That’s more than twice as many as last week Wednesday.
There were almost 100 crashes…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
A 911 dispatch supervisor in South Florida was watching a movie on Netflix while a caller tried to get help after someone shot her car’s windshield.
According to the Associated Press, an internal affairs investigation found Julie Vidaud was watching “I Am Mother” during the June 9 call.
There was a 34-minute delay in the call being dispatched to an officer, according to records.
The victim said she called back 16 minutes later before finally driving herself…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) – Brown County emergency dispatchers received more than 500 calls Wednesday morning as drivers crashed and slid off roads during a snowy commute.
“It’s going to be a two-vehicle accident, head-on. Unknown injuries at this time. Unknown entrapment.”
“172 eastbound at Webster for a vehicle accident. It is a truck that is flipped over.”
“You have a red, full-sized pickup that spun out and struck the median at mile marker 170.”
We’re told dispatchers answered 536 calls…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
The commissioners met with former commissioner and current candidate Irvin Dasher last week regarding the new 9-1-1 plan to have a 9-1-1 call center in the county. Dasher asked what the projected costs for such a facility would be, why the county needs…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) – In Morgan County, there’s now more than one way to contact 911.
You can call, you can video chat with them and now, you can text.
The new feature works like any normal text you would send.
You send the message to 911, say you need help and give them your address.
It’s important to list your address…
