WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) – After 43 years of service, a local Winnebago County 911 Dispatcher picked up the phone and asked ‘9-1-1, what’s your emergency?” for the very last time.
For the last four decades Communications Center 911 Dispatcher, Dennis Kallin has been on the other end of the line aiding Wisconsinites during the times they needed it most. But now, Dennis is hanging up the phone and saying goodbye to the job he loved and hello to a happy retirement…
MORGAN HILL, Calif. – Authorities have located and disabled an electronic signal-jamming device in Morgan Hill.
The Santa Clara County Emergency Communications Department on Thursday reported that the signal was “disrupting, impeding, and interfering with public safety transmissions.”
Officials had noticed interference on a critical communication tower for the past six months, said Morgan Hill police Capt .Mario Ramirez…
The Pettis County Commission announced that as of Wednesday, Pettis County Joint Communications (PCJC) is now the primary operational emergency Public Safety Answering Point for Pettis County, consolidating the efforts between the Sedalia Police Department and Pettis County Sheriff’s Office communications units.
A news release states that while the primary function of PCJC is to process emergency or 911 calls for service, it also processes and handles non-emergency requests for police, fire, and medical service under nationally accepted protocols.
If you are experiencing an emergency, dial 911. The non-emergency number for PCJC is 660-826-8100…
Yes, it’s true. Police scanners no longer pick up transmissions from some local police departments.
Lewiston and Auburn police departments have gone to a new encrypted radio system that cannot be picked up by the regular police scanners owned by many civilians.
Paul LeClair, director of the Lewiston-Auburn 911 Communications Center, explained it this way:
“The 800MHz radio system — Auburn and Lewiston — police frequencies are 100-percent encrypted,” LeClair said Thursday, as the system unrolled. “The translation is that LA911 will ensure the police frequencies remain secure and encrypted by managing the new radio system technology. LA911 will not grant access to the police department frequencies to non-public safety agencies…
ST. LOUIS — In response to months of complaints about St. Louis 911 callers being left on hold, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones announced plans Thursday to combine the city police and fire emergency call centers to eliminate a system that, Jones says, has created a 911 bottleneck in the city for years.
The Jones administration announced Thursday that the city aims to move its fire and EMS department 911 dispatchers to the police department’s downtown call center by October.
In the long term, interim Public Safety Director Dan Isom said the city plans to combine all dispatchers into one unit under the St. Louis Emergency Management Agency and build a multimillion-dollar facility to house them… READ MORE
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – A new program designed to provide alternative emergency response for mental health 911 calls will launch next week.
The Madison Fire Department’s Community Alternative Response Emergency Services (CARES) team will begin responding to 911 calls on September 1.
In a Thursday morning news conference, city leaders explained how the program will work. The CARES team will consist of a paramedic and a Journey Mental Health crisis worker who will respond to 911 calls in a marked minivan…
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.
