by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 6, 2023 | Comm Center News
Kathy Knudsen has returned to Concordia in a job she loves, and brought almost 24 years of experience with her.
Knudsen, the new dispatch supervisor at the Concordia Police Department, began her career in Concordia in 1999. After five years she went to work with the Kansas Highway Patrol, where she stayed for almost 19 years. She has now returned to Concordia to be closer to her family and to work again with Police Chief Brent Gering. Gering and Knudsen worked together in the Concordia PD from 1999-2001, when Gering was an officer.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 4, 2023 | Comm Center News
A coalition of public-safety associations today reiterated its support for federal legislation that would provide the funding needed to pay for 911 centers to migrate from legacy technologies to an IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) platform that is designed to support multimedia communications, as well as traditional voice calls.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 3, 2023 | Comm Center News
After D.C. officials said they were undertaking a nationwide search for a new leader for the city’s mistake-prone 911 call-taking center, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced Friday that she is promoting the center’s deputy director, Heather McGaffin, to the top job.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 3, 2023 | Comm Center News
If federal funding for technology infrastructure to support the transition from E911 to NG 911 isn’t restored quickly, the underlying technology is on life support.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 2, 2023 | Comm Center News
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. – The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) celebrated the retirement of Jacqueline “Jackie” Vaughan, director of Public Safety. Jackie retired after dedicating 42 years of faithful and loyal service to the citizens of Calvert County.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 1, 2023 | Comm Center News
MORGANTON, N.C. — Emergency dispatchers in Burke County have a new furry friend in the office with a special job.
Ellie Maye, a 12-week-old golden doodle, will be trained as a therapy dog for 911 dispatchers and work in the county’s emergency communications center in Morganton.
