by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
Of the 13 community members who submitted public comments about the possibility of Lakewood outsourcing its police dispatch center at the June 6 City Council meeting, none of them supported Mayor Meghan George’s plan.
Mayor George opened this portion of the city council meeting by stating that Cuyahoga County began financially penalizing Lakewood last year because Lakewood continues to run its own emergency dispatch center, in what the county believes is a violation of Section 128.571 of the Ohio Revised Code.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
It has been a week. How much longer will Prince George’s County officials wait until they finally answer questions about a deadly June 8 head-on crash where news reports and radio traffic show a lengthy 911, fire and EMS delay?
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
Perquimans County’s 911 Communications Center has been named the top 911 emergency communications center in North Carolina for 2022.
The center was presented the N.C. Communications Center of the Year award by the North Carolina National Emergency Numbers Association during last month’s N.C. Public Safety Communications Conference in Wilmington.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 14, 2022 | Comm Center News
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — As summer activities ramp up, some are concerned about first responders’ ability to handle an increase in calls.
“Public safety is at a crisis here,” said Beth Fulks, a former 911 operator.
For years, Fulks was the voice at the other end of residents’ 911 calls, but on Monday, she became one of the more than three dozen employees who have left the Wake-Raleigh Emergency Communications Center since April 2021.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 14, 2022 | Comm Center News
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. — A man was arrested and charged after repeatedly calling 9-1-1 and verbally abusing call takers, according to court records.
South Bend Police were dispatched to a business on S. Michigan Street Sunday night and made contact with Tosh Mason. Mason told police he just wanted a cigarette.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 13, 2022 | Comm Center News
The Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department has confirmed that an investigation is underway into the delayed response – almost 18 minutes long – to a deadly head-on car crash last week.
It occurred during a brief police pursuit in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, when a Charles County grandfather was hit by one of the suspect vehicles. In police radio transmissions, officers can be heard pleading for an ambulance to help 66-year-old Jonny Morris, who did not survive his injuries.
