Area first responders deployed to areas impacted by Helene (VA)
The Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle Emergency Communications Center says several of its personnel are deployed to southwest Virginia to help with response and recovery operations.
Wyden, Merkley, Hoyle, Salinas: Communities in Oregon to Receive Much-Needed Funding …
Benton, Lake, Marion counties and Medford to receive a combined $5.6 million in DOJ funding
Washington D.C.— U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle and today announced crucial federal investments for technology to support local law enforcement–including emergency response and crime prevention–in Benton, Lake and Marion counties, and the city of Medford.
DC Council probe into staffing and technical issues at 911 Call Center
The Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety held the first of several roundtables focused on improving the Office of Unified Communications (OUC)
WASHINGTON — DC Councilmembers held the first of several roundtables focused on improving the Office of Unified Communications (OUC) —an agency facing public scrutiny over reports of first responders being dispatched to wrong addresses, long response times for 911 calls, and technical issues.
911 dispatchers punished for not working overtime (OH)
The FOX 8 I-Team has found Cleveland police dispatchers punished for not working overtime even when they expected to have a day off, so we investigated.
Former Meriden 911 dispatcher charged with computer crimes (CT)
A former 911 dispatcher in Meriden has been arrested.
Jonathan Miller, 26, was expected to be arraigned Thursday in Meriden Superior Court on two counts of third-degree computer crime, according to court records.
City Council committee advances ‘unified’ 911 system in hopes of improved service (MO)
A Kansas City, Missouri, City Council committee approved an ordinance Tuesday that would create a “unified 911” dispatch system for the Kansas City police and fire departments.
