A number of Oakland police dispatchers called in sick during recent shifts, leading department officials to scramble to field 911 calls with the help of mutual aid from surrounding cities, The Chronicle has learned.
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said the department hasn’t determined whether the sudden illnesses were a sickout or possibly COVID-related amid the omicron surge…
When someone says the term “first responder,” most individuals think of a firefighter, officer, paramedic or EMT – but between the blue and red lines is a thin gold line that represents the first responders that are rarely seen.
On Wednesday, December 15, a severe wind advisory and thunderstorm watch were issued to parts of the KMMO listening area and behind the scene were E-911 Dispatchers.
According to a release, Saline County E-911 Dispatchers sat quietly in the calm before the storm, but calls had already started rolling in due to high winds setting off alarms and blowing down trees that were blocking roadways…
LIGONIER — The Ligonier Police Department is having trouble with its radio system being able to communicate with West Noble School Corporation.
The issue with the corporation having difficulties communicating with police dispatchers was brought up at Monday night’s city council meeting.
Ligonier Public Safety Director Bryan Shearer told council members asking the council allow the department to use funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to improve its radio system at the south campus at West Noble schools…
A Milwaukee task force to figure how to divert 911 calls away from police will begin its work in earnest in the new year, city officials say.
The Milwaukee Police Department Diversion Task Force has a new name — the Community Intervention Task Force — and more detail in its mission statement.
“I feel like we are getting our bearings right now, which is critical because we can’t have a cracked foundation while trying to do such heavy work,” Ald. Chantia Lewis, who led the creation of the task force, said in an interview…
Picture the chaos of the Payson dispatch center fielding a flood of calls during an emergency.
The desks, each with an array of five or more computer screens, face each other in a room barely big enough to hold it all.
“When the calls come in, they’re bouncing stuff off of each other hot and heavy,” said Payson Police Chief Ron Tischer.
While one person remains on the line with those reporting the accident, another will have a helicopter on standby. Others will contact the police or fire department or ADOT to control the traffic…
Public-safety leaders today expressed disappointment that efforts to secure federal funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments likely will need to begin anew after hopes to pass the $2 trillion Build Back Better bill were dashed with an announcement of opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.).
Senate Democrats have been trying for months to persuade moderate Democrats Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to back the social spending bill that initially was described as a $1.75 trillion package but has since been determined to cost hundreds of billions of dollars more. A small fraction of that total—$500 million—was slated to be used to help fund NG911 efforts that have been estimated to cost at least $10 billion to implement nationwide…
