A part-time pilot program aimed at reducing Columbus police response to non-threatening calls involving mental health, drug addiction or other social issues is showing promising early results, Mayor Andrew J. Ginther said Thursday.
The Alternative Response Pilot Program, which aims to provide “more robust and precise emergency-response experiences citywide while reducing reliance on city police and fire in matters where other city or social services are better suited to resolve the situation,” has only been up and running on a limited basis for about a month, after an initial two-week training period…
Phone service provider issues at 911 dispatch centers in Gallatin and Park counties, along with West Yellowstone, are the main reason for people experiencing troubles calling emergency services.
Though it is not a complete outage for 911 calls, some callers may run into busy signals or not have their caller ID and location registered by emergency dispatchers. Callers experiencing issues can still text 911 in Gallatin County, Park County and West Yellowstone. Texts should include details like what is happening and the texter’s exact location…
Jul. 29—LAURINBURG — Scotland County Emergency E-911 Communications Center has appointed Jonathan Lemmond as its new assistant director.
“Jonathan was part of the initial opening team for the 911 center when it opened on Feb. 10, 2015,” said Director Samantha Cameron Dutch. “Prior to that, he was a part-time telecommunicator with EMS and had been since 2013. He also worked part-time with the city of Laurinburg Fire Department.”
Dutch also said Lemmond is highly motivated and enthusiastic about emergency communications and public safety as a whole…
Scott County Sheriff Luke Hennen is pleased to announce the promotions of three Sheriff’s Office employees: Corrections Officer Cassie Kelly has been promoted to Corrections Sergeant, Recreational Safety Deputy Jacob Edwinson to Patrol Sergeant, and Dispatch Supervisor Carrie Bauer to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Manager.
Corrections Sgt. Cassie Kelly has been a Jail Corrections Officer with the Sheriff’s Office since 2012. She has served in many roles including Field Training Officer, Left-In-Charge Officer, Key Team member, Training Officer, and Jail Programs Officer. In her new role, Sgt. Kelly directly supervises corrections staff, jail operations, and activities. Sgt. Kelly attended Minnesota State University Mankato and has a degree in Corrections with a minor in Sociology… READ MORE
Dave Statter covered public safety in the District of Columbia and the region as a reporter for WTOP Radio & WUSA-TV. His website, STATter911.com, focuses on fire, EMS and 911 issues and videos. Dave currently runs STATter911 Communications in Arlington, VA.
Between the pandemic and the wave of violence in the District of Columbia, no one wants another reason to fear for their health and safety or for the well-being of their family. But there’s another crisis. One that’s mostly being ignored by political leaders and the news media. DC 911 is in desperate shape.
Handling almost two million calls each year, there’s no other local public safety agency in the region with more impact on our health and safety than DC’s Office of Unified Communications (OUC). Right now, the person in charge of OUC is struggling to get staff to show up for work and making sure those who do, put in a full shift. And with Covid cases rising among the unvaccinated, this 911 staffing problem may soon get much worse. OUC is the DC agency with the lowest percentage of vaccinated workers – less than 35%…
The report, based on three years of dispatch data for 911 calls compiled by the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR), was part of a plan launched in September to ”reimagine” policing in Seattle, reports the Seattle Times.
The NCIJR, which specialized in reducing incarceration and gun violence through the country, found that at some point in the future, an “alternative, non-sworn response” could have been appropriate for up to 49 percent of Seattle Police Department (SPD) calls, or about 685,000 dispatch responses between 2017 and 2019…
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.
