Barbara Petersen told the Source no improper disciplinary actions had been taken at VITEMA. (Source file photo)
Barbara Petersen, assistant director at Territorial Emergency Management Agency, says dispatchers at 911 were already on the heal when 10 dispatchers arrived from the Cleveland area last week. The 911 squads had been hit hard with COVID cases, with over 90 percent of them out because of positive tests or sickness.
She told the Source Tuesday she anticipates that the 911 staff will return to normal operation when the dispatchers from Ohio, who answered an Emergency Management Assistance Compact call, end their two-week stay.
Sen. Kenneth Gittens expressed concerns in a press release Monday about the need to bring in additional 911 operators from Ohio. He wrote, “Last week, I communicated with the Governor’s Office about reported improper disciplinary actions within VITEMA and 911 dispatch in particular. Just a few days later, I learned, first through social media, that ten 911 operators had been brought in from Ohio to assist us here in the Territory…
Paris, Tenn.–The Henry County 911 Board unanimously gave the official green light to creation of a Central Dispatch for the county.
After much discussion at Monday’s meeting, the board directed 911 Director Mark Archer and Board President John Etheridge to negotiate on behalf of the board at a joint meeting of Paris city and county officials who will be meeting later this week.
The 911 board has been moving toward creation of a centralized dispatch for some time but had never formally voted on it. Etheridge said the city and county would be holding the meeting shortly, with several issues to be discussed, namely liability issues and under whose jurisdiction 911 and dispatch employees would be…
New communication channels to replace analog methods described as outdated, failing
Clackamas County is gearing up to modernize emergency communication channels used by first responders, pivoting away from its decades-old analog radio system in favor of a more efficient digital system.
On Tuesday, Jan. 11, the county began the switch from its existing analog radio system which has become “outdated and at risk of failure” since it was built in 2000, according to a press release from the Clackamas 800 Radio Group, which oversees the communication channels used by most medical, fire and law enforcement agencies countywide…
An independent assessment of the Loveland Police Department’s policies and procedures is complete, and the final report lists areas of both praise and improvement for the department.
The department has room to improve on its internal culture, policies and procedures, and its relationship with the community, according to the report issued earlier this month by by Jensen Hughes — previously described in a Loveland police news release as “one of the nation’s leading law enforcement and public safety consulting firms…
Alan Davidson will head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) after the U.S. Senate approved his nomination yesterday, meaning NTIA has its first full-time leader in more than two years.
Nominated by President Joe Biden, Davidson was approved by a 60-31 vote in the Senate to serve as assistant secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and as NTIA administrator. With yesterday’s vote, Davidson is the first confirmed person to serve in this role since David Redl resigned from the position in May 2019…
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — There’s an ongoing fight for the voice on the other end of your 911 call to be considered a public safety professional. 9-1-1 workers in Baldwin County are finally getting some of that recognition.It’s a grass roots effort that starts on the local level. 911 professionals would like to be in the same category as firefighters and police officers.
“The Department of Labor classifies 911 dispatchers as an administrative category in employment, so they are compared to other office type workers and even taxi cab dispatchers,” said Baldwin County 911 Director Joby Smith…
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