NEW BUFFALO, Mich. (AP) — A 911 call center on Monday took some responsibility for an Amtrak train derailment last week in southwestern Michigan, saying it misidentified a crossing and contacted a different railroad to warn that a car was stuck on tracks.
An older Milwaukee woman says she was outraged after calling 9 1 1 to report carjacking and was told there would be no police response
A small team did their best to juggle a wave of calls and radio transmissions simultaneously. Despite their best efforts, many callers’ questions went unanswered.
After a nationwide assessment of 200-plus applicants, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO International) has chosen Melvin (Mel) Maier as its new executive director. Maier was already on staff as APCO’s chief technology officer, and brings more than 33 years’ worth of public safety experience to APCO’s top job. He has also been vice chair of the FirstNet Public Safety Advisory Committee, chair of the Funding and Sustainment Committee at SAFECOM, and a founding member/current chair of the Next Generation 9-1-1 Coalition.
AllThingsFirstNet.com (AFTN) got in contact with Maier to find out about his plans for APCO International. Here’s what he had to tell us.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – The parents of a five-week-old infant who can sue a West Virginia county for what they claim is a 911 dispatcher’s bad advice to drive the baby to a hospital instead of waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
After the high profile mishandling of a 911 call hours before a mass shooting in Philadelphia’s Kingsessing neighborhood, City Council’s Committee on Public Safety held a hearing on Tuesday intended to look at problems and possible solutions to issues in the city’s 911 dispatch system.
