A Louisiana woman working as a 911 dispatcher was arrested after she allegedly refused to return $1.2 million that was accidentally deposited into her bank account, KNOE8 News reported Monday. Kelyn Spadoni, 33, was terminated by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office after she was charged with theft last week, bank…
The transition of Osawatomie’s 911 dispatch services to the Miami County Sheriff’s Office has received a ringing endorsement. County commissioners approved expanding the Miami County Sheriff’s Office Communications Division dispatch staff to handle the additional call volume when the Osawatomie conversion took place March 1.
“The County Commission approved to hire four more dispatchers,” Capt. Matt Kelly said. “We have hired two and still working on hiring the other two…
The City of Cambridge Emergency Communications Department is celebrating this year’s National Telecommunicators Week April 11-17 in honor of its dedicated dispatchers who constitute the community’s first point of contact in an emergency and handle several thousand 9-1-1 calls each month.“Our Emergency Telecommunications Dispatchers (ETD) staff the City of Cambridge’s 911 Call Center 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year,” said Christina Giacobbe, Director of Emergency Communications and 911 for the City of Cambridge. “They work overnights and on holidays, rain or shine, to ensure the safety of the people of Cambridge. They are always prepared to assist callers in a wide range of emergencies with care and compassion…
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NEW RIVER VALLEY, Va. – You won’t see people like Dan Hobbes at the scene of an emergency, but he’s the first to answer the call for help. He’s a dispatcher at the City of Roanoke E-911 Center.
After leaving the U.S. Navy 3.5 years ago, he was still called to serve.
“We’re always trying to help,” said Hobbes…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Currently, residents are able listen to Santa Clara police radios, but that will change by the end of April, police said Wednesday.
This week, Santa Clara police said they will be transitioning to encrypted police radio channels by April 26 so that they are in compliance with California Department of Justice policies.
The switch will stop those with commercial scanners or smartphone scanning apps from being able to listen to radio traffic and hear police discuss crimes or incidents as they occur.
The reason for the transition is the result of a October 2020 information bulletin by the state that requires law enforcement agencies to protect personally identifiable information like names, dates of birth, and driver’s license, social security or military identification numbers.
Law enforcement agencies are also required to conceal criminal justice information like wants, warrants, restraining orders as well as details relating to someone’s probation or parole status.
The reason for these blocks is to protect individuals from identity theft and offers privacy to those involved, police said.
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The state guidelines allow law enforcement agencies to comply with this policy in two ways. Agencies can create policies that restrict the dissemination of classified information through an open frequency or simply encrypt all their communication.
The Santa Clara Police Department chose the latter.
So did most law enforcement agencies in Santa Clara County. There are only four agencies, including Santa Clara police, that are still in transition to completely encrypt their communication. The other three are law enforcement agencies in Milpitas, at San Jose Evergreen College and at West Valley/Mission College.
Santa Clara police said the switch also intends to, among other things, limit the work of criminals who follow open police communications, “and provide additional safeguards to responding public safety personnel.”
The department recognized that this move will reduce its public transparency, however it committed to using its website, social media platforms and apps to keep the community informed on crime trends and police activity, police said.
Information can be found at AlertSCC, Community Crime Map, GovDelivery, Facebook, Nextdoor, Nixle, Twitter and others, police said.
Police will also update their daily arrest log, weekly police blotter and monthly crime statistics online.
More information regarding the police departments radio system log can be found here.
A Jersey City police and fire dispatcher died Wednesday, amid what a union leaders says is an outbreak at the Jersey City Public Safety Communications Center.
Julio Cordero, the president of Jersey City Public Employees Union Local 246, said the employee had been hospitalized with COVID-19 a week ago. A city spokeswoman confirmed the death but said that it “hasn’t been determined” that it was coronavirus-related…
