ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – Acting City of Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis has issued a statement of support for the ongoing Reimagining Public Safety Initiative in Ithaca and Tompkins County.
In that statement, she notes that the initiative’s working group has her full support. Lewis also expressed excitement for the progress set to be made in the coming year to increase public safety and create better outcomes for Ithaca’s marginalized communities…
SKIATOOK, Okla. — Several Skiatook businesses are rallying together to raise money for the family of a local dispatcher who died from COVID-19 complications.
Heath Cox, a 911 dispatch supervisor, died early Christmas morning after 23 years of work for the city.
Stump Man is helping get money to Cox’s family, donating $20 from every tree sold and planted from now until Jan. 15…
WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) – You can now text 911 if you are unable to call during an emergency in Washtenaw County.
Calling is still considered the best option in most cases because it is quicker, but texting can be used if you are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech impaired, or when speaking out loud could put you in danger.
The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Metro Dispatch Center partnered with the county’s 911 centers after voters passed the Emergency Communication Mileage. The center developed protocols for months and began testing the service in November 2021…
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…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
