PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Pasco County Sheriffs responded to a call about a woman who kept dialing 9-1-1.
Deputies say Jessica Ann Tyler, 33 dialed 9-1-1 11 times over fifteen days.
One of the phone calls made, Tyler called Emergency Dispatch Services to report drug activity at a neighbor’s house.
She then called back and was transferred…
CHICAGO– RapidSOS, an emergency technology company, and 911inform, a cloud-based notification and security management platform, today announced a partnership to connect smart buildings with 9-1-1 during an emergency. This partnership empowers RapidSOS-connected public safety agencies to communicate with 911inform-connected buildings during an emergency – providing accurate location information from the scene and allowing 9-1-1 dispatchers to control doors…
The Niagara Regional Police Service has been recognized as an Accredited Centre of Excellence for police communications.
It’s a first in Ontario, and the second in Canada.
Three years ago, the NRP changed its Communications Unit operation by implementing the Police Priority Dispatch System.
The system had members in the unit use new methods on calls and that enhanced the level of service provided…
Having a cell phone and being able to dial 911 and reach the Wilkes Communications Center might have saved a man’s life Wednesday afternoon, said Champion Fire & Rescue Chief Craig Hollar.
Michael Lucas, 58, was seriously injured and lying about 40 feet down a steep, kudzu-covered embankment off Red Top Road in the Mount Pleasant community when he made the 911 call…
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) – Earlier this month, Prestonsburg Enhanced 911 broke ground on an overhaul and upgrade of its Police/Fire/EMS Communications Center.
The center has not received an upgrade in more than 20 years.
The upgrade allows the creation of three dispatcher positions.
Officials said this will provide better and faster responses to Prestonsburg and North Floyd Fire Protection District needs.
The positions will now be outfitted with state-of-the-art…
MERIDEN — A Naugatuck officer talked a teenager down off a bridge in Portuguese. A Litchfield County police department helped take down a drug trafficking organization bringing narcotics into northwestern and central Connecticut. A state police dispatcher persuaded a suicidal man in Prospect to unload his pistol after 45 minutes. An officer and state trooper…
