by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 14, 2022 | Comm Center News
Would you be willing to pay a $5 annual surcharge to make sure Macomb County’s enhanced 911 dispatch system has the proper technology and trained people to operate it?
The city of Mount Clemens says no.
Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and his team plan to ask the county Board of Commissioners’ Records and Public Safety Committee on Monday to approve a surcharge on each phone line per month to assist 911 agencies in providing their services…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 14, 2022 | Comm Center News
ST. LOUIS — City leaders are tapping police officers to work overtime in the understaffed 911 dispatch center, an attempt to address the 40% of 911 callers in St. Louis still being put on hold in recent months.
Under the plan, the 10 newest graduates from the St. Louis Police Academy and seven experienced officers who volunteered are undergoing a month of training to be able to answer 911 calls.
The department’s police cadets, a training program for people ages 18 to 20 who are too young to become officers, have also been trained to take 911 calls, public safety director Daniel Isom told the Post-Dispatch last week…
by ECC Editor | Mar 12, 2022 | Comm Center News
It shouldn’t have to be stated, but calling 9-1-1 is for emergencies only.
Emergencies like medical issues and car wrecks, fires and crimes. You know, real emergencies.
We’ve all heard stories of people calling this special number for mundane reasons. I’ve heard of people calling for emergency services because they need their toenails clipped and they are elderly and diabetic. Or the calls on a neighbor because their grass is too high… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 11, 2022 | Comm Center News
UPDATE: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced they’ve secured $93.8 million in Community Project Funding to support 52 Nevada programs and construction projects across the state as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus appropriations package. If passed, more than $8.2 million would go to Carson City projects.
Among the Carson City area projects the Nevada senators have helped secure, $2 million to construct an Emergency Operations Center, Fire Station, Emergency Dispatch Center in Carson City to improve emergency preparedness, $2 million to upgrade downtown Carson City streets and improve their safety, $700,000 to support a Commercial Driver’s License Training Program at Western Nevada College to alleviate supply chain backups and train recently displaced workers, and $500,000 in funding to support Carson City’s Safe Routes to School program…
by ECC Editor | Mar 11, 2022 | Comm Center News
MANCHESTER — If the town chooses to move its dispatch services to North Shore Regional 911 Center in Middleton, there’s no guarantee at this moment the current Manchester dispatchers will make the move as well.
Manchester currently employs three full-time dispatchers for police, fire, harbormaster and public works calls. Nine others work the phones, located in an office in the police station, on a part-time or per diem basis… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 11, 2022 | Comm Center News
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/PRESS RELEASE) – On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced more than $1.6 million in federal funding has been awarded to Kentucky public safety agencies and eligible non-profit organizations to purchase up-to-date technology and related infrastructure in response to the continued challenges bought on by COVID-19 and better serve Kentuckians by enhancing access to virtual legal and court proceedings.
“While the state’s weekly COVID-19 cases and positivity rates continue to decline we know that this virus is here to stay for the long haul, and we must adjust accordingly,” said Gov. Beshear…
