Penn State University Police and Public Safety will be utilizing new technology titled “FirstNet” for first responders, according to a Tuesday release. FirstNet is a communications platform dedicated to first responders and the extended public safety community.FirstNet is a communications platform dedicated to first responders and the extended public safety community. According to the release, it is “the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform” for first responders.
“With this tech advancement, we are equipping our first responders with new capabilities and reliable access to critical information while in the field,” Charlie Noffsinger, associate vice president of Penn State UPPS, said. “While the university works daily to prevent emergencies, it’s important to always be prepared…
Caitlyn Bailey’s first day as a Farmington Hills dispatcher was a tad overwhelming.
The recent graduate from Wayne State University’s criminal justice program found her bearings amid the computers, monitors and workstations that comprise the city’s nerve center.
“I sat with another dispatcher and just kind of sat back,” said Bailey, recalling that first day in July. “They kind of just walked me through stuff…
The collaboration agreement, which has an international scope, aims to drive solutions that enable industries to transform operations, increase safety and security, and deliver innovative products and services.
Emerging next-generation use and business cases will demand more reliable, higher performance wireless solutions from 4G and 5G mobile networks. The collaboration will see Ericsson and Leonardo sharing R&D capabilities and competences spanning cyber security, 5G networks and service evolution.
The partnership will also address cyber security while threats are becoming more complex in particular for strategic critical infrastructures.
In certain specific projects and opportunities, the collaboration will also be open to communications service providers and other ecosystem partners…
The City of Maricopa Police Association (COMPA) stands with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 78 in support of opposing the closure of the City of Maricopa’s Emergency Communications Center (ECC). We believe closing the EEC will be catastrophic.
The City of Maricopa Police Association is a local associate organization of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Arizona (CLEAA) – a statewide police organization made up of law enforcement associations from across the state of Arizona. COMPA has represented sworn police officers and other members in law enforcement since 2007… READ MORE
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. — A former Cambria County 911 dispatcher is suing the county, alleging racial and sexual harassment.
The civil suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by Christy L. Janciga, who is white and the mother of a biracial child.
She was employed in the Cambria County Department of Emergency Services from Dec. 2, 2019, until April 1, 2020, when she was discharged.
Janciga claims in her complaint that she was terminated in retaliation after she complained to a supervisor about alleged racial and sexual harassment that created a hostile work environment… READ MORE
Photos of the new radio towers going up in Taylorsville on May 13 (left) and 14 (right) for the P-25 mission critical public safety communication system were provided by Commissioner Scotty Tillery.
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The new radio system for Polk County 911 dispatchers to use to communicate clearly with first responders out in the field is in the midst of going up, and the upgrade to the new P-25 mission critical public safety communications system that is set to go online this year.
On Thursday, May 13 and Friday, May 14, sections of the radio tower were stacked and put up on property in Taylorsville being used by the county to relay the system to all points of Polk, and made connections further on in Bartow and Cobb to the central hub of the digital system being hosted by Cobb County…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
