SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – A former Utah dispatcher has been arrested for possession of child pornography.
Court records show an arrest warrant was issued in Utah for 34-year-old Rex Long’s arrest.
He was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on July 29 on the warrant from the U.S. Marshals office in Alabama. Long was an employee with VECC, the Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center, a dispatch agency serving emergency responders across Salt Lake County…
Law enforcement has a responsibility to respond to 911 calls for service and we do so every day.
Many of those 911 calls end up being hang-ups in which someone calls 911 accidentally. Other times individuals call 911 and then hang up because they need assistance, but might not be able to speak because they are intimidated by someone else who does not want them to report an incident. As a result, we must respond to 911 hang-ups to ensure everyone who calls receives help if they need it…
Williamsport, Pa. – Lycoming County’s public safety department is changing the way in which citizens may report emergencies.
According to a release issued by the department, Lycoming County is now using ‘Text-to-911’, with all four of its carriers deployed.
The county says they will be using AT&T, Sprint, T Mobile, and Verizon as carriers.
Just as in a voice call, the telecommunicator will continue to ask more questions about your emergency – confirming your location, the people involved, and other details that are important to responders…
The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce on Friday honored dozens of law enforcement and public safety workers on Friday in an annual recognition event.
The 16th Annual Public Safety Awards presentation was produced in advance and posted on YouTube.
The honorees were:
911 Emergency Communications Center
• Public Safety Emergency Communications Specialists Tamara Gual, Hayley Nelson, Diana Morales and Cameron Ivory received a meritorious service citation for helping parents deliver babies in cars four separate times in 2020, including once along the side of I-270…
Hudson’s fire station headquarters sit at 296 Cox Street.
(Photo/Laura Hayes)
HUDSON – A major upgrade to Hudson’s public safety radio system is nearly complete.
It offers the police and fire departments higher performance and greater reliability while allowing them to more easily communicate with public works and Hudson Light and Power personnel.
The old public safety radio system dates back to the early 2000s and was purchased from Motorola. As the years went by, however, the company stopped selling the specific models Hudson used. Then it stopped manufacturing spare parts. Finally, it ended technical support. By 2020, it was time to upgrade…
A mistaken 9-1-1 call led to an impromptu basketball game with Waxhaw Police over the weekend. 9-1-1 dispatchers received a hangup call Saturday afternoon in which they heard screaming in the background. They sent officers to check out the situation. When the officers arrived they realized the call was indeed an accident from kids playing basketball.
The kids challenged the officers to a game and the officers accepted the challenge. Who won? We don’t know for sure. The officers claim they won but as the Facebook post says that “has not been verified”… READ MORE
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