Last year’s protests may not have resulted in the dismantling of the Seattle Police Department, but as of June 1, they have produced one small shift: Seattle’s 911 dispatch is no longer housed within SPD. Instead, the unit is now a part of the Community Safety and Communications Center (CSCC), a new, independent city department that will, in theory, eventually house other civilian crisis response and public safety programs.
The move isn’t likely to have an immediate impact on who responds to emergency calls; for now, elected officials and advocates for downsizing the police hope that it will leave the door open for more significant changes…
Last week, I joined the final day of training for the new teams who will soon begin responding to 911 mental health calls in East Harlem and Harlem. Through this pilot program – the Behavioral Emergency Response Assistance Division or B-HEARD – mental health professionals will be part of 911 response for the first time in New York City history. It’s part of our commitment as a city to treat mental health crises as issues of public health, not public safety.
As we planned our pilot, we consulted with many practitioners and advocates around the city and country, including Correct Crisis Intervention Today in NYC (CCIT-NYC). We looked at health-centered responses in places like Denver, San Francisco, Harris County, and Toronto, as well as the long-running CAHOOTS program in Eugene, Oregon, to develop our model: small teams of emergency medical technicians/paramedics and behavioral health clinicians responding to non-violent mental health calls that come through the 911 system…
CALEA re-accreditation demonstrates commitment to excellence The Forsyth County 911 Center was recently awarded the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) Public Safety Communications Re-Accreditation and was recognized for the accomplishment by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners during their June 3, 2021, meeting. Forsyth County is one of eleven Georgia 911 Centers that currently holds the CALEA Public Safety Communications Accreditation. Accreditation lasts for four years, during which the agency must submit annual reports attesting continued compliance with assessed standards. The County was last awarded the accreditation on Nov. 5, 2016. “To achieve the re-accreditation, the County needed to meet over 200 standards during the review process,” said Forsyth County EMA and 911 Center Director Chris Grimes…
RED BLUFF — The Tehama County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center was closed between midnight and 6 a.m. Tuesday and will remain so during those hours due to staffing shortages.
During the early morning hours, emergency calls for service will be rerouted to the Red Bluff Police Department’s dispatch center.
Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston explained staffing levels are at an all-time low, and the sheriff’s department has not been able to be competitive in the current job market…
The 911 emergency radio system reconstruction is progressing with completion and acceptance scheduled for early 2022.
A delegation from Branch County law enforcement, fire departments and central dispatch on Monday went to J&K in Indiana for a “factory acceptance test authorization” of the 800 MHz radio dispatch system.
Following the test, Sheriff John Pollack said he is pleased with the equipment…
With a system update, financial report and recommendation for a successor, longtime E911 Coordinator Lon Jones gave his final report to the Enterprise E911 Board of Directors at a meeting May 18.
Jones said that the city’s Computer-Aided Dispatch system has been upgraded and a five-year contract costing $1,300 a month, which includes maintenance, has been signed. The CAD system is used by dispatchers and 911 operators to prioritize and record incident calls, identify the status and location of responders in the field and to dispatch them…
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