by ECC Editor | May 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
Three Massachusetts police officers and a dispatcher are earning praise for preventing a Florida grandmother from losing $25,000 to a scammer.
Dracut Sgt. Lawrence Flynn, Lt. Wilmer Buote, Detective Megan Farley and dispatcher Andrew Talmacci went into action on April 3 when a woman called Dracut and Miami police to say her mother had sent the money to an address in Dracut, Chief Peter Bartlett told The Lowell Sun for a story Friday… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | May 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
FORT CARSON, Colo. — From left: Teronda Taylor and Sandra Edwards, both 911 dispatchers at Fort Gordon, Georgia, receive a call regarding a Soldier who was possibly suicidal Jan. 30, 2021. Working together, they were able to direct officials to the individual and help him receive medical treatment. (Courtesy photo)
FORT CARSON, Colo. — “911, what’s your emergency?” asked the calm voice answering the call.
The question is the same, but for Army emergency dispatchers every call is different — a house could be on fire, a crime is being committed, someone may be injured, or a serious car accident has happened…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Topeka native Lacey Doiron grew up around law enforcement.
Her dad was a police officer.
Her husband is also a police officer.
Doiron says she always figured she’d make a career in law enforcement, as well.
Rather than working on the streets of Topeka as a police officer, however, Doiron is serving in a behind-the-scenes capacity as an emergency dispatcher in the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center…
by ECC Editor | May 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
t was early Monday, April 12, the beginning of National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week, set aside each year to recognize the contributions of 911 emergency dispatchers.
Clay Patterson, who became Carroll County’s new E-911 director only 49 days earlier, had given his crew of telecommunicators a sort of treat: they could dress in casual clothes for that early morning shift. And he would sit in with the dispatchers as they handled calls for what promised to be an ordinary night of complaints about loud neighbors or officers reporting routine traffic stops… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | May 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
What’s the news? Garden Valley’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet network expansion currently underway by AT&T*. We’ve added a new, purpose-built cell site– located between Valley and Boise Counties. This new site is giving first responders on FirstNet – America’s public safety network – access to always-on, 24-hours-a-day priority and preemption across voice and data.
Why is this important? We consider FirstNet the most important wireless network in the country because it’s serves our first responders. And unlike commercial networks, FirstNet provides dedicated mobile broadband. To ensure AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) are putting coverage and capacity where first responders need it most, the FirstNet build is guided by direct feedback from state and public safety officials…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office held a training demonstration Thursday morning introducing the Spillman Flex Dispatch Software from Motorola, set to improve connectivity within local emergency personnel.
Representatives from various agencies, board members, community leaders and elected officials gathered at the DeKalb County Commission Chambers for a work session and demonstration…
