Murfreesboro, Tenn. – Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Supervisor Elizabeth Stubblefield has been named 2021 Public Safety Telecommunicator of the Year for her selfless actions, dedication, hard work.
Stubblefield takes pride in her work and is always willing to step up and help when needed…
The state public defender’s office is appealing a recent court ruling dismissing its lawsuit over how a South Jersey county retains data potentially relevant in criminal cases.
The Office of the Public Defender sued Gloucester County last year over issues involving a damaged server used to store 911 calls, police dispatch communications and other data, and a policy change that would reduce how long such data is preserved on a new county server…
It now takes about half as much time for police dispatchers to answer 911 calls as it did during recent peaks just a couple years ago, officials with the Anchorage Police Department said this week.
Wait times began to rise after 2015 and peaked in late 2018 and mid-2019, when it took up to 21 seconds on average for dispatchers to answer incoming 911 calls, according to data provided by the department. The average wait time has steadily decreased since last summer and was about 8.6 seconds in February, according to APD…
DOÑA ANA COUNTY – The Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners recognized Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority telecommunicators by proclaiming the second week of April in their honor at their regular meeting Tuesday, April 13.
“We are very grateful to all first responders for their work, especially with the unforeseen and challenging circumstances we have all faced, through the pandemic,” said County Manager Fernando Macias… READ MORE
OWEGO (WBNG) — It’s National Public Safety Telecommunications Week and Tioga County is making strides to make the job a bit easier for first responders to keep everyone safe.
They are moving forward with a long-awaited upgrade to their emergency communications system.
Mike Simmons, Director of Emergency Services says their current system is a patchwork which makes it difficult for dispatchers, and responding agencies to communicate…
Nine hundred care packages were assembled at Rivers Casino Tuesday morning and will be distributed to Philadelphia healthcare heroes and police 911 dispatchers…
