Netflix and too much chill.
A 911 supervisor in Florida was streaming a Netflix movie when dispatchers botched a report of a shooting and failed to quickly send help, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
Julie Vidaud was the shift supervisor when Coral Springs Police received a call in June from a woman about a bullet fired at her car.
A 911 dispatcher assured the caller…
BILLINGS — Members of the Billings City Council and its departments continued discussions about how to fix a $2 million shortfall in the public safety and general funds at the Lincoln Center School District Board Room Monday night.
“We’re looking for help from you (council) tonight to understand where you want to go,” Billings City Administrator Chris Kukulski said at the start of discussions.
Council, city staff and department heads…
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is pleased to announce that 9-1-1 service is now available in all 33 communities in the Northwest Territories.
9-1-1 service in the Northwest Territories will make it faster for residents to contact emergency services that exist in their community. It will save lives and make the North safer and more resilient. A lot of work and consultation…
When a 911 caller told a Woodbridge police dispatcher that a plane had crashed into a nearby house around 11 a.m. last Tuesday, it seems she couldn’t quite believe her ears.
“What is it, a house that’s on fire?” the dispatcher asked.
“A plane crashed into a house,” the caller replied.
“A plane? A plane crashed into…
LUMBERTON, NC (WBTW) – A Lumberton 911 dispatcher has been charged with DWI after a crash resulting in a fatality just outside Lumberton.
According to Master Trooper Jody Conner with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Tamla Terael McRae of Lumberton was driving behind a pickup truck on Wire Grass Road on Friday at around 9:22 p.m. when she struck the truck from behind.
Conner says the pick-up then struck a fence, overturned…
The 911 dispatch protocol at the center of a lawsuit is causing two former Utah dispatchers to speak out.
