by AllThingsECC.com | May 31, 2021 | Comm Center News
D.C. is kicking off a final round of testing before it launches a new program next week aimed at directing some 911 calls away from police to mental health experts.
Starting Tuesday, some 911 calls involving individuals in mental distress, who are not armed and do not pose a safety threat, will be routed to counselors at the city’s Department of Behavioral Health.
“We will screen those calls, of course, to ensure there are no safety issues or any threat to the patient or anyone else,” said Cleo Subido, director of the Office of Unified Communications…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 31, 2021 | Comm Center News
FALLS CITY – Richardson County commissioners may have found their answer to 911 dispatching dilemmas with the Southeast Communications 911 Center.
Commissioners expressed interest Tuesday in joining the 911 dispatching center in Beatrice to improve service and spread out the cost of upgrading to the next generation 911.
Commissioner John Caverzagie said Tuesday that negotiations with the Falls City City Council have stalled, but Sheriff Rick Hardesty continues to push for the elimination of the current process of calls going to the police station and then being transferred if the emergency is outside of city limits…31
by ECC Editor | May 31, 2021 | Comm Center News
Tucked away in a large commercial building off Cornelia street west in Smiths Falls — is the Ontario Provincial Police’s East Region Communications Centre. The OPP has announced it will be closing the facility, which employs more than a hundred mostly civilians.
The move will be an economic blow to the town. “These are good-paying jobs, with specialised skills,” Smiths Falls mayor Shawn Pankow said. “It’s a loss to the community and unfortunately, there will likely be people from our community that will have to move on to somewhere else, and uproot their families… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | May 31, 2021 | Comm Center News
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden is discussing problems with the 911 dispatch service after a witness to a triple shooting failed to get an answer after calling repeatedly.
There was an explanation for what happened in this case, Hayden said. The chief admitted issues with 911 but said improvements have already begun.
“We just couldn’t get through. We sat on hold,” the witness said…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 31, 2021 | Comm Center News
OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) – The 9-1-1 dispatch center at the Ocala Police Department is adapting to year-long changes designed to help save more lives.
TV20 got an inside look at the OP call center Wednesday.Today I’m learning about changes happening at @ocalapd’s 911 dispatch center, like taking on the responsibility of now dispatching @Ocala_Fire crews. More tonight on @WCJB20 pic.twitter.com/49euEGWwaa
“There’s somebody in the black vehicle. I do believe that the airbag was deployed,” We heard from a recorded call answered by the dispatchers at OPD, “I do hear the fire department…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 31, 2021 | Comm Center News
STURTEVANT, Wis. — Racine County is now the latest place in Wisconsin to implement a text-to-911 service. People can now text in emergencies to the dispatch center.
While calls are still the preferred method of reaching out to 911, Racine County 911 Director Jackie Bratz says texts can be helpful for the hearing impaired or those who are in a situation where they feel it may be unsafe placing a phone call to 911…
