by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) – The Riley County Police Department’s Communications Center has started the process to become CALEA accredited.
The Riley County Police Department says it has officially started the process for the Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies – CALEA.
“RCPD has held Law Enforcement Accreditation for a long time and we’ve seen the benefit of having those standards,” said RCPD Support Captain Brad Jager. “We want to ensure the same professional level of service to the community with our Dispatchers who are the initial First Responders for Riley County…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
As costs continue to rise and people check every bill for savings, you might find yourself reviewing your cell phone statement for relief. Have you noticed the line item, “NJ 911 System / Emergency Response Fee”? This small fee is a tax collected by service providers and paid to the state with the intent of the monies being distributed to support 9-1-1 services and infrastructure. However, in New Jersey, only 11% is being used for these public safety purposes while the rest is being diverted into the state budget. For over a decade, Trenton politicians of both political parties have used these dollars for their own agendas. This must stop…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
By mid-2024, the financial operations of Portland’s four public safety bureaus will live under one roof: the Community Safety Division. That’s if all goes according to a plan laid out by Mike Myers, Portland’s community safety transition director.
Myers began serving in his current role last April, about five years after the city hired him as fire chief in 2016. In that role, he drew on his prior experience as fire chief in Las Vegas, which has a city manager governance structure as opposed to the commission system in Portland, wherein commissioners supervise and protect a portfolio of bureaus. (Portland is the last remaining large city in the nation with such a structure…
by ECC Editor | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Davidson County leaders are considering changes to the dispatcher training academy to get new hires on the floor faster in the 911 center.Currently, the county has between four to five employees taking calls on each shift. County Manager Casey Smith told FOX8 that ideally, there would be eight.
“It is low. There’s no doubt it is low,” he said Tuesday. “We are taking the issue very seriously in terms of the staffing.”
The county is actively recruiting for five vacant positions. There are eight new hires in a twelve-week training academy that’s expected to be finished in a few weeks… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
Every cellphone and land line in New Jersey is charged a 90-cent monthly fee that is supposed to fund 911 services in New Jersey, but instead the state has been diverting it for its own use since 2009, according to county officials.
And in spite of the state being flush with billions in federal COVID-19 funding, borrowed money and record tax revenues, Gov. Phil Murphy’s fiscal year 2023 budget still keeps this year’s $126 million in fees, said New Jersey Association of Counties Executive Director John Donnadio.
The association held a news conference Tuesday in Flemington, Hunterdon County, to draw attention to the issue…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has designated April as the first-ever Emergency Communications Month. Emergency communications not only enhance public safety interoperable communications at all levels, but also helps preserve lives and property.
Through its emergency communications mission, CISA leads operable and interoperable public safety and national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) communications efforts. In addition, CISA supports and promotes the ability of emergency response providers’ ability to communicate in the event of a natural disaster, terrorist act, or other hazards…
