by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 28, 2021 | Comm Center News
PADUCAH, Ky. (WSIL) — At last night’s joint meeting between the Paducah Board of Commissioners and the McCracken County Fiscal Court, both boards unanimously voted to be 50/50 partners in the development of the outdoor sports and recreation complex and the public safety capital improvements for E-911.
“The city and county joined arms and decided to be partners on both projects and it’s a very positive step for this community,” Paducah Mayor George Bray said.
While both projects are very different, one trying to cash in on regional tourism dollars and the other public safety infrastructure, both tied together for development purposes…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 28, 2021 | Comm Center News
Aiken County, its Sheriff’s Office and its emergency medical services (EMS) department all are being sued because of how an emergency call was handled two years ago.
Also named as defendants are Aiken County Sheriff Michael Hunt, Aiken County Administrator Clay Killian, a dispatcher identified as Jeannie Turner and “John Does.”
The lawsuit includes accusations of negligence, gross negligence, recklessness and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Brothers Jack Roberts and Frank Roberts filed the legal action on May 9 in the Court of Common Pleas for South Carolina’s Second Judicial Circuit…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 28, 2021 | Comm Center News
Police encounters are stressful for everybody. But they can be complicated and dangerous when they involve people with mental health issues or physical disabilities.
The Effingham Police Department and County Sheriff’s Office have launched an initiative to update their shared “Special Needs Registry.”
This registry is a list of people with behavioral issues, mental health concerns and disabilities. People or their caregivers can volunteer to sign up for the registry so if police or fire respond to an incident involving someone on the registry, they are aware of the individual’s circumstance…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
A Fort Worth 911 operator recently blew the whistle about the terrible consequences of long hours, understaffing, too much pressure on personnel and widespread delays in asnwering people who need help immediately.
Unfortunately, an overworked call taker could have made a mistake that contributed to two deaths.Colley recalled the night of June 1. She was working when one of her colleagues received the call from Holly Beverly. The woman had called the 911 emergency line because her estranged husband was coming to her west Fort Worth apartment, intending to hurt her…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
Several emergency response agencies in North Texas are struggling to keep their dispatch center fully staffed.
But the North Texas Emergency Communication Center (NTECC) is not one of them.
NTECC, which answers 911 calls and dispatches emergency crews in Coppell, Carrollton, Farmers Branch and Addison, is almost fully staffed, said executive director Terry Goswick…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 27, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
State and local entities that use revenues from 911 fees for purposes that do not directly support 911 will be identified and risk losing access to federal 911 funding, according to the FCC’s report and order addressing the issue of 911 fee diversion that was required by Congress.
Released yesterday, the order fulfills an FCC obligation to establish rules that are designed to discourage a longtime issue within some states of assessing and collecting 911 fees from subscribers’ phone bills and then not using the money for 911—a practice known as fee diversion, or “raiding,” within the public-safety community. Congress mandated that the FCC approve the rules and create a new 911 Strike Force within six months of the passage of the Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act in appropriations legislation that was signed into law in late December 2020…
