Washington County’s E-911 department and E-911 Director Kristi Stamnes are attaining recognition on a nationwide level.
Stamnes recently served as a committee member to help organize this year’s Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Conference, held last month in San Antonio. The conference had over 4,500 people in attendance and represented all 50 states, as well as the countries of Canada, Great Britain, Jamaica and Australia.
Stamnes said she was honored and humbled to take on a leadership role for the event…
ST. LOUIS — Union officials and some St. Louis aldermen complained Tuesday about their lack of input into the city’s plan to combine the city police, fire and EMS 911 call centers this fall.
Mayor Tishaura O. Jones in late August announced plans to combine three emergency call centers in an attempt to alleviate understaffing and 911 delays that have been at the center of local media reports for months.
Alderman Joseph Vaccaro, 23rd Ward, said in a meeting of the aldermanic public safety committee Tuesday that he was upset that the mayor’s administration had not yet consulted aldermen about the plans and did not make police officials available for the Tuesday meeting when asked…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that its Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), part of the department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), had awarded nearly $187 million to support public safety and community justice activities.
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) were provided to state, local and tribal organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands…
Friends, family, and coworkers are honoring the life and legacy of Broken Arrow dispatcher David Weisberg.
A memorial with flowers, pictures, and candles is set up to honor him after he died from COVID-19 complications last week. A burning memorial candle, Oklahoma Sooners decor, sympathy flowers and cards, and pictures of 22 years of dispatch all cover a desk in Broken Arrow.
“If you have ever called for an ambulance, the police, the non-emergency number, you have probably spoken with David and so some point in time, he has helped you from behind the scenes,” said Broken Arrow Police Chief Brandon Berryhill.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – State leaders are concerned about staffing shortages at Vermont’s 911 call centers and making sure help is there when you need it.
In Vermont when you dial 911, your call is intercepted at one of six public safety answering points called PSAPs.
The ones in Williston and Westminster are operated by state police.
The PSAPs answer the 911 call and then dispatch local emergency crews.
The goal is to answer 90% of the calls that arrive at a PSAP. If calls go unanswered, they are automatically and seamlessly transferred to another PSAP within seconds…
ATLANTA — Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced a $1,000 pay supplement for all eligible law enforcement officials and first responders across the state of Georgia on Monday.
“Our law enforcement officials and first responders, have been thrown challenge after challenge in the past year and a half. Civil unrest, a spike in violent crime, as well as the global pandemic,” Kemp said during the presser.
Some of the groups eligible include sworn law enforcement, criminal investigators, detectives, probation and parole officers, career firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, sheriffs, deputies, correctional officers, fish, and game wardens, and 911 communication officers and dispatchers…
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.
