by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
Weeks after Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 made national headlines for unveiling a sweeping proposal to replace the Ithaca Police Department with a civilian-led agency, the city and county have both approved the recommendations.
The plan includes 19 recommendations that aim to increase transparency, accountability and trust between local law enforcement and residents. But the recommendation that has gotten the most attention locally and nationally is the first — for the city to create a new department with armed workers, including previous IPD officers, and unarmed workers who will be trained to respond to different types of crises…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
As the Chittenden County Public Safety Authority thrusts ahead on its nearly $2.3 million effort to regionalize emergency dispatch, the voices on the other end of the phone worry how consolidation will distort their jobs.
“You lose that institutional knowledge when you take someone out of their community and put them into a new environment,” said Deb Kruger, who has dispatched in South Burlington for 40 years…
by ECC Editor | Apr 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
The president of Jersey City’s largest municipal employees’ union criticized the city’s response to a coronavirus outbreak that left 18 Jersey City police and fire dispatchers out sick from work and one in the hospital.
Julio Cordero Jr., the president of the Jersey City Public Employees Union Local 246, said the city failed to respond quickly and thoroughly to an outbreak this month at the city’s Bishop Street public safety communications center… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 2, 2021 | Comm Center News, Opinions
The Lake Gaston 911 Community Taskforce invites residents to join us as we honor dispatchers and telecommunicators during National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week, April 11-17, 2021.
We want to say thank you to our 911 dispatchers for the tireless and critical work they perform throughout the country, especially here in rural Virginia and North Carolina. These dedicated professionals often go unrecognized because they are the calm, yet unseen voice on the other end of the telephone line during stressful, and sometimes life-threatening situations… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
LEANDER, Texas — A 911 dispatcher in Texas was fatally stabbed by her 19-year-old son during a domestic dispute, authorities said.
Rowena Speight, 53, who had served as a telecommunications officer for the Leander Police Department since 2016, was killed early Wednesday morning, KVUE reported.
Leander is located about 30 miles north of Austin…
by ECC Editor | Apr 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — The Grand Rapids Communications Center has achieved national recognition. The Commission for the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) voted unanimously on Friday to recognize the Grand Rapids Public Safety Answering Point as an accredited dispatch center.
Grand Rapids is currently the only dispatch center in Michigan to earn the accreditation… READ MORE
