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
PHOTO BY DAVE DECKERCommunity activists in Tampa have been calling for changes in the conventional police response to mental health crises. And in its own way, the city is now heeding the call.
After more than a year of debate between Tampa city leaders and community activists about the role police officers should play in responding to mental health crisis calls, the Tampa Police Department (TPD) has partnered with the Agency for Community Treatment Services (ACTS) to launch a Behavioral Health Unit.
Proposed as a one-year pilot program, this new unit will have teams of licensed mental health professionals and police officers respond—together—to emergency calls in the community…
FLOYD COUNTY Ky. (WSAZ) – Starting Monday, the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office launched a text message tip line. These messages will go straight to deputies in their cruisers.
“It would increase the response time and speed of how we react to something that requires urgent attention,” said Sheriff John Hunt.
With their current tip line, tips come into an answering machine, which are downloaded a few times a day. This line will eliminate a middle man.
“The communication breaks down between the caller and the dispatcher and back to the deputy, and then the deputy is having to go back to the dispatcher to find out more information so they’re excited they get it direct,” Hunt said… READ MORE
Due to the mental health crisis, the number of calls to the Bakersfield Police Department dispatch center was the highest. Currently, the city wants to have an expert in charge of these calls before the police have to respond.
On Wednesday, Bakersfield City Council will vote to place a behavioral medical clinician at the city’s Law Enforcement Communications Center to handle non-urgent mental health calls. According to the Kern County Behavioral Health Recovery Service provided to clinicians, this arrangement is one of the first in the country.
A unique partnership is an attempt to reduce law enforcement contact with individuals who are better served by mental health professionals. If someone calls in a mental health crisis that does not require immediate police response, the coordinator forwards the call to the clinician, who assesses what services are needed…
DODGE COUNTY (WKOW) — The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help to reduce the number of 911 hang-up calls they receive.
The sheriff’s office said law enforcement has a responsibility to respond to 911 calls even when a caller hangs up, and that is currently the department’s policy.
The sheriff’s office said with some hang-up calls, an individual may need help but be unable to speak.
Other times, the caller is intimidated by someone else who doesn’t want them to report an incident, a common occurrence in domestic violence situations. Because of this, officials need to respond to 911 hang-ups to ensure those who called can get the help they need… READ MORE
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