by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
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BOZEMAN – Gallatin County 911 and Montana State University are proud to announce that their emergency dispatch centers have officially merged operations, a move that will better serve our entire community moving forward.
The county and MSU recently signed an inter-local agreement solidifying the merger. The move means that MSU dispatch responsibilities will be transferred to Gallatin County 911. As part of the merger, MSU is transferring four current dispatch staff members and two additional budgeted positions to Gallatin County 911…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), introduced the bipartisan Providing Resources and Occupational Training for Emotional Crisis and Trauma (PROTECT) 911 Act to address important health and wellness issues for our nation’s 9-1-1 call-takers and dispatchers. Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA-35), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Congressman Peter Meijer (R-MI-03) are original cosponsors.
“Our nation’s 9-1-1 call takers and emergency dispatchers take calls from people experiencing some of the most distressing and desperate moments of their lives,” said Rep. Kelly…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
LOCK HAVEN — The Clinton County Commissioners approved a temporary pay increase for correctional officers in a last minute agenda item on Thursday morning. The move was made in an effort to retain its current officers.
Commissioner Miles Kessinger explained the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 86 approved the pay increase at its meeting just 20 minutes before the board convened.
The memorandum of understanding from AFSCME would increase officers pay at the Clinton County Correctional Facility by $1.50 an hour. It also includes incentives such as a $100 bonus and an extra eight hours of vacation time for recruitment of new officers who remain employed for 90 days or more…
by ECC Editor | Jul 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
Jan. 6, 2022, is a date that CIOs and other IT leaders need to circle on their calendars. This is the deadline by which non-fixed phone lines will need to comply with the upcoming RAY BAUM’s Act (capitalization is correct).
For those not familiar with the details, a few years back, an unfortunate death of a young woman in a hotel room led to a new regulation being adopted in her name aimed at improving multi-line telephone systems (MLTS). Kari’s Law, which went into effect last year, eliminates any required prefix when calling 911, such as pressing “9” first to get an outside line. It also mandates that a designated contact (or contacts) within an enterprise be notified when a 911 call has been made… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Gerald R. Ford International Airport broke ground Wednesday on a $7.7 million operation center on the east side of the airfield.
The 11,600-square-foot facility will consolidate the airport’s operations and communications, including dispatch, and it will serve as the new emergency operations center (EOC). The EOC will be activated during an emergency at the airport, and it can support public safety agencies in Kent County. The second phase of the project is to expand the center to include its fire department…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
Citizen, the crime reporting and neighborhood watch app, says it will be granted access to the encrypted communications of at least one police department once it switches over to encrypting its radio traffic, according to an internal Citizen document obtained by Motherboard.
The news shows that beyond passively ingesting police radio traffic to then push alerts to its user base, as part of what Citizen calls “incidents,” the company will also try to enter agreements with police departments to maintain that access while the wider public is cut-off.
The document says that Citizen got confirmation that the Baltimore Police Department would work with Citizen to keep access to the department’s communications. Baltimore is planning to encrypt its radio traffic…
