BUCKHANNON — Upshur County became the second county in the state to formally recognize its dispatchers at first responders with a proclamation passed during this week’s Upshur County Commission meeting.
Upshur County E-911 Center director Doyle Cutright told the Upshur County Commission that assistant director Kimbra Wachob and he had really wanted this to happen and it is part of a national movement…
SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah — The 911 dispatch protocol at the center of a lawsuit is causing two former dispatchers to speak out Friday.
For 21 years, Brittany Carter was on the other end of a 911 call.
“I had a dad on the phone one morning that his two-year-old wasn’t breathing. He was a twin. He ended up passing away,” Carter said. “I’m like, ‘This is taking too long.’ It was horrible.”
She blames Priority Dispatch’s “Police Pro QA” for increasing dispatch…
SALT LAKE CITY — A 911 dispatch company accused of creating ineffective software is defending itself from allegations in a lawsuit filed earlier this week.
Bre Lasley and her sister narrowly survived a home invasion four years ago in Salt Lake City, calling 911 four times as they fought off a man with a knife.
Both women suffered stab wounds. Dispatchers who received the calls did not send an officer.
Instead, their lives were saved by an officer…
In September, even before the October wildfires began to ravage parts of northern and southern California, governor Gavin Newsom announced two contracts totaling nearly $2 million for developing technology to facilitate wildfire detection and emergency decision-making.
The contracts are part of the Wildfire Innovation Sprint, the result of an executive order signed in January by Newsom on his first day of office. The order was designed to jump-start adoption of technological innovations by state agencies.
“The whole idea behind this process was to….
VANCOUVER, Nov. 1, 2019 /CNW/ – Bargaining between E-Comm 9-1-1 and the Emergency Dispatchers of BC has reached impasse. Mediated talks broke down today, with the employer unwilling to address key union concerns around low wages, cost of living, overtime, missed breaks, poor working conditions, burnout, and high attrition, says CUPE Local 873-02, the union representing 9-1-1 operators and support staff in B.C.
“It became apparent during bargaining that E-Comm is desperately underfunded. For an organization that provides…
FORT SMITH — The Sebastian County Intergovernmental Cooperation Council discussed a proposed interlocal agreement Thursday for radio dispatch services.
The proposed agreement is meant to address a staffing shortage in the Sebastian County sheriff’s office in relation to some of the services it provides to 10 cities.
The agreement states …
