by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
Michael Guthrie has been named Director of the Emergency Communication District (ECD). In this position he will be responsible for mapping all the addresses for Sumner County.
He will be responsible for assigning an address when someone wants to build on a parcel of land, and when developers want to develop a subdivision, his office will be responsible for making sure that all names of roads and streets are named properly and that there are no duplications.
In addition, his office will be responsible for updating all maps that go to the Emergency Communication Center (ECC 911 dispatch center). Both the ECD and ECC are located on Airport Road, but in separate buildings…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
PIERRE, S.D. – Two South Dakota Native American tribes will receive state funding for their 9-1-1 telecommunications centers.
“This one-time funding is available to 9-1-1 centers statewide for equipment upgrades and other infrastructure needs,” said Craig Price, Cabinet Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. “Reliable 9-1-1 communications is a necessity everywhere in our state, and this funding helps meet that need.”
In March, the Oglala Sioux Tribe received approval for funding of $86,240 in funds from the state’s 9-1-1 Coordination Board. Another $46,449.80 to the Cheyenne River Tribal DPS was approved for funding by the same board Wednesday (today)…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
Dispatchers handled two 911 calls “appropriately per policies” when it took Kent police 52 minutes to respond to a June 14 domestic violence case at a local motel when a man reportedly beat his girlfriend to death, according to an internal investigation by Valley Communications Center (Valley Comm).
Kent Police Cmdr. Rob Scholl contacted Valley Comm executive director Lora Ueland after the killing with a concern over “missing” information in an incident that may have changed the Kent Police Department’s response, according to an inquiry synopsis obtained by the Kent Reporter through a public disclosure request…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
Purchasing and transforming an old casual restaurant building into the University of North Georgia (UNG) Police’s headquarters seemed unusual, but the acquisition delighted the public safety personnel on the Dahlonega Campus.
The redesigned restaurant will accommodate UNG Police’s specific functions, including:
- a lobby and restrooms for UNG faculty, staff and students as well as the public.
- classroom space for academic courses as well as in-service and advanced training purposes.
- an operations center with the latest technology for dispatchers to serve all five UNG campuses.
- dedicated private interview rooms for detectives to question suspects or victims…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
The city of Pickerington recently upgraded its emergency-response services to enable its emergency dispatch center to receive text messages.
Pickerington Police Chief Tod Cheney said the city launched its text-to-911 services Aug. 26.
The move will provide people within the city another option to alert 911 dispatchers.
“It’s definitely going to enhance the safety of the public,” Cheney said. “There are times when somebody may be unable to speak when they call 911, and it also will help domestic violence victims when they’re abuser is in the room or during home invasions when people can’t communicate verbally to dispatchers.”
Cheney said the text-to-911 feature also will better serve the hearing impaired…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 2, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News, Opinions
Gloria is the mayor of San Diego and lives in Mission Hills. Fletcher is chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and lives in City Heights.
Not all emergencies are alike.
Police officers respond to crimes. Firefighters respond to fires. Paramedics respond to physical medical emergencies. But if you or a loved one were having a mental health emergency, dialing 911 would dispatch law enforcement, not trained mental health clinicians.
This is going to change in the city of San Diego and across San Diego County.
Starting this month, county-funded Mobile Crisis Response Teams composed of a mental health clinician, a case manager and a trained peer support specialist will be activated. Members of these teams are trained crisis interventionists. They arrive on-site, evaluate the condition of those in crisis, and link them to the best place to get the trauma-informed behavioral health and supportive services they need…
