JACKSON COUNTY, MI – New equipment to help the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office increase transparency and improve operations is being funded by federal COVID-19 relief funds.
A lease-to-own program through Axon approved by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, Oct. 19, will provide upgraded car video cameras, body cameras and tasers to the sheriff’s office. The contract provides for 24 car cameras, 49 body cameras and 33 tasers for deputies.
The five-year program will cost $764,041, which is being paid through a yearly $152,808 payment coming from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act funding Payments begin in 2022 and finish in 2026. After all payments are made, the equipment will officially be owned by the sheriff’s office…
TUCSON — The City of Tucson is moving forward with its threat to fire city employees who do not get vaccinated for COVID-19, setting a December deadline.
Those same workers face November suspensions if they can’t prove they are vaccinated or that they received an accommodation for health or religious reasons.
According to their unions, 90% of Tucson’s police and firefighters are vaccinated for COVID-19. That compares to only 52% of Tucson’s residents. But 90% is not good enough for the Tucson City Council which voted 4-3 this week to enforce a vaccine mandate for city workers…
PULLMAN – The Pullman Police Department has partnered with Neighbors Public Safety Service to leverage the Neighbors app by Ring. This free service allows citizens the opportunity to stay informed with real-time information related to local public safety incidents.
Any community member can join and participate in the Neighbors community, no Ring device required.
Neighbors Public Safety Service protects the privacy of users by allowing neighbors to remain anonymous, and providing only general geographical information about the user’s location. Public safety agencies are allowed to view videos and information that is posted publicly within the app, or shared explicitly in response to a request for assistance. A user who wishes to share their identity or contact information with a public safety agency must do so intentionally…
Edinburg, TX – DHR Health is now a FirstNet® subscriber, bringing their Level 1 Trauma Center to the forefront of public safety communications.
FirstNet is the only, nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built for first responders and the extended public safety community. It provides innovative capabilities to strengthen first responders’ incident response and will help DHR Health’s Level 1 Trauma Center team to connect to critical information they need for daily emergencies.
“When seconds count, communication between all first responders involved in an emergency situation is paramount, and it is DHR Health’s mission to provide all the tools available to a patient in regards to their health,” said DHR Health Trauma Medical Director, Dr. Jeffrey Skubic…
The City of Fort Atkinson has accepted a proposal from Mueller Communications, Milwaukee, to serve as the communications consultant for a possible public safety referendum next April.
The proposal, which excludes an optional community survey, carries a total price tag of $46,781.
Execution of the agreement is contingent on the approval of a Fort Atkinson Community Foundation grant for $23,390.50 or the receipt of other non-general fund dollars…
After launching in parts of Harlem this summer, New York City is planning to expand a pilot program that enables 911 to dispatch teams that are led by social workers to mental health calls instead of the NYPD. The B-HEARD program will cover all of Harlem by early November before expanding into the Bronx.
But new data released Friday suggests that even as the program’s reach grows, 911 operators still send the overwhelming majority of mental health calls — about three of every four — to police teams. It’s a protocol that New Yorkers with mental illness, their family members and mental health advocates have fought to change in recent years…
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.
