by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 11, 2021 | Comm Center News
Kyra Lamb worked for Manatee County Emergency Communications, Florida, as a dispatcher for five years before becoming the 9-1-1 Database Coordinator, which still includes actively taking 9-1-1 calls. She was nominated by her agency to be featured by the APCO Young Professionals Committee for being a “spark plug” and always giving 110% in her performance. While working as a call taker she had a thirst for knowledge, taking on extra duties such as addressing, maintaining CAD information, and other databases. This made her the most qualified candidate for Manatee County’s 9-1-1 Database Coordinator. While learning all of this, she was also studying for the NENA ENP Exam, which she passed…
by ECC Editor | Jun 11, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
One of the biggest barriers to closing the digital divide has long been cost – it simply costs so much to put in the infrastructure that the return on investment takes too long or is simply non-existent, network operators have said. Now, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic when broadband has played a crucial role in enabling online work, school and personal connection, there are billions of dollars being dedicated to various aspects of broadband deployment, through various legislative efforts. At the federal level, these include:
-The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund reverse auction for Universal Service Fund support in the coming decade wrapped up last December; the FCC is still reviewing the long-form applications of the presumptive winners. RDOF awards $9.23 billion in support of high-speed rural broadband deployment, with service tiers ranging from a minimum of 25/3 Mbps and up to gigabit speeds. The FCC said that the funds will be used in 49 states and one territory to connect nearly 5.3 million locations in 61,766 eligible census block groups…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 11, 2021 | Comm Center News
(Updated at 10:35 a.m.) A public-records request sheds light on how the Arlington County Police Department justified a change to what the public can hear via police radio channels.
The Freedom of Information Act inquiry by ARLnow uncovered documents about the department’s March change to encrypt more radio chatter. The documents cited safety and security concerns, including some related to last summer’s police reform protests and the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Whereas the public — including news outlets like ARLnow and local TV stations — used to be able to hear more details about a police incident in progress in Arlington, now in most circumstances only the initial dispatch and basic information from the scene can be heard…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 11, 2021 | Comm Center News
On Monday June 1, 2021, Cheri Bennett started as a 911 Dispatcher for the Coos Bay Police Department.
Bennett was born and raised in the Coos Bay / North Bend area and is a proud graduate of Marshfield High School. Further, Bennett has an Associates’ Degree from Southwestern Oregon Community College. She was most recently employed by Bay Cities Ambulance as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher and had worked there since 2015.
Bennett is married and has three children. Bennett enjoys camping and spending time with her family…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
For a temporary interim, the Tehama County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center will be closed between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. Emergency calls for service that would otherwise be handled by sheriff’s dispatch during those hours will be rerouted to the Red Bluff Police Department Dispatch Center, reported Tehama County Sheriff Dave Hencratt.
The move took effect Sunday, June 6, and on Tuesday, the Tehama County Board of Supervisors approved unanimously a resolution which allows the transfer of $15,000 to fund Red Bluff police dispatch services’ increased call volume due to the part-time closure of sheriff’s dispatch through the end of June, and an additional $60,000 to pay the costs from July through September…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
A tentative funding package is in place to ensure wages and benefits for 21 full-time dispatchers at Greene County 911 for the fiscal year beginning on July 1.
Members of the county board of directors discussed ways to pay for the 911 staff positions Tuesday.
Contributions by Greene County, the Town of Greeneville and the county’s three municipalities will likely be determined using a population-based formula, officials said…
