The Hopkins County Fiscal Court accepted a $277,899 bid this week from VEI Communications to work on a project for the county EMA.
Hopkins County EMA Director Nick Bailey said the project will make improvements for the public safety radio system that all the first responders in the county use. The improvement will be focusing on Mortons Gap and the southern Hopkins County area working off the tower that is in the city to bring a fourth system location in the county.
According to Bailey, the system went live in 2015…
We understand it is the job of the Town Manager and the select board to look at every avenue in the best interest of the town, and to do their due diligence to come to the best decision therein.
We thank the select board for giving everybody a voice and are extremely thankful that after weeks of fact finding, they decided to keep our local communications center open and operational.
First things first, as they say. It’s important to recognize the significance of the recently announced $4.8 million expansion of Meriden’s Emergency Communications Center. Thanks to $4 million from the state, the city will be able to move the center from police department headquarters on West Main Street to a new building behind the Pratt Street fire station. An empty lot owned by the city on Benjamin Street will become a parking lot.
If the City Council approves, with an expected $782,000 from Meriden for the project, the investment ought to pay off.
It’s hard to find disagreement with the move. Mayor Kevin Scarpati called the current situation “a less than ideal setting.” Fire Chief Ken Morgan said it had been “a long time coming.” Police Chief Roberto Rosado said the emergency center had outgrown its place at police headquarters…
Montreal, Sept. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has deployed its Security Center unified platform to enable the City of Chattanooga’s ‘Dragonfly Community Connect,’ a public-private policing initiative to enhance public safety in the Tennessee community.
Through the initiative, when calls come into the Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) to report a crime, the Real-Time Intelligence Center (RTIC) can check with participating businesses in the area to see if they are able to share video from their security cameras…
PEACH COUNTY, Ga. — Editor’s note: Video is coverage of Central Georgia law enforcement agencies dealing with COVID-19, in which Shaw was mentioned. The Byron Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own. According to a Facebook post from the police department’s page, Peach County E911 Supervisor…
Titusville Police Public Safety Telecommunicators (PSTs), also known as 911 Dispatchers, answered a heartfelt call for support from their professional counterparts in hurricane ravished Louisiana.
Twenty-Two 911 Dispatchers of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office have been working every day since Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday, August 29, 2020, due to the devastation of the storm. In fact, many of these 911 Dispatcher’s homes were damaged and some completely destroyed by Hurricane Ida, yet incredibly, they maintained their public safety posts working tirelessly to provide their community with constant communication and contact with emergency services.
In recognition of this incredible dedication to community service and safety, Titusville Police 911-PSTs adopted the Plaquemines Parish Dispatchers team and collected items for a special care package consisting of cleaning supplies, personal hygiene supplies, puzzles, snacks, and numerous gift cards to Home Depot, which arrived on Thursday, September 24, 2021 to communication headquarters…
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.
