by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
MILWAUKEE — Re-imagining public safety was the goal of a panel discussion Friday with Milwaukee Acting Police Chief Jeffrey Norman, Milwaukee Alderwoman Chantia Lewis, and Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division Administrator Mike Lappen.
Among the questions: should Milwaukee police respond to all 911 calls? And, if Milwaukee police stop responding to certain non-emergency calls, who will?
There are various arguments in favor of sending a trained person or group to respond to 911 calls involving non-violent situations, or mental health emergencies, rather than an armed officer. But that will require some big changes…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
OCEAN CITY — Mayor Jay Gillian acknowledges $42 million is a big number.
That’s the estimated price of a proposal to combine the city’s police and fire operations in a single building on West Avenue at Fifth Street.
In a recent interview, Gillian said the estimate covers everything — construction of a new building, demolition of the two existing headquarters, relocation of the city’s skate park, the costs to move in and more.
“That’s the complete, done-deal job,” Gillian said. The city can afford to do the work, and it needs to get done, Gillian said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is urging the public to help them reduce 911 hang-up calls.
Sheriff Dale Schmidt stated Friday that the number of 911 hang-ups his agency has received is becoming “daunting.”
The sheriff’s office has taken 2,292 calls this year where the caller hangs up and there were 4,515 of them in 2020. The agency responded to 769 of them this year…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
CAPE MAY – Cape May‘s decision whether to move to Cape May County central dispatch was made for it by a bolt of lightning.
A direct lightning strike hit Cape May City Hall, at 5:30 p.m. July 20. According to City Manager Mike Voll, the strike fried all the equipment in the police department’s dispatch unit.
Police kept 911 operational by switching to a more antiquated radio system. Voll said the damaged equipment is beyond repair…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
CARTHAGE, Mo. — The fire departments, law enforcement agencies and ambulance services in Jasper County face big changes in communications technology in the next few years, and officials say keeping up will take money.
The Jasper County Emergency Services Dispatch Board is seeking a sales tax hike from a tenth of a percent to a quarter of a percent.
Voters across Jasper County on Tuesday will see the following question on the ballot: “Shall the Jasper County Emergency Services 9-1-1 Board, through its Board of Directors, be permitted to increase its current sales tax rate of one-tenth (1/10th) of one percent to a sales tax of up to and not to exceed one-quarter (1/4th) of one percent of taxable sales for infrastructure, a countywide public safety radio system and to ensure rapid dispatching of all 9-1-1 calls and non emergency calls for service to law enforcement, emergency medical services and fire protection?” …
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
Mounties in Grand Forks and the West Boundary are encouraging the public to “make the right” call when it comes to non-emergencies.
Phoning 911 to report things like suspicious vehicles or noise complaints unnecessarily ties up dispatch operators who need to focus on urgent calls, Grand Forks RCMP’s Sgt. Darryl Peppler told the Gazette.
Peppler qualified that Mounties aren’t hoping for fewer calls, only that people put their calls to the proper channels. “We want to educate people in the hope that they’ll understand when to use 911 and when to use other resources,” he explained…
