Navarro County Sheriff’s Office presents annual awards (TX)

by | Mar 26, 2021 | Comm Center News

NAVARRO COUNTY–This year due to Covid, the Navarro County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) was unable to hold their annual NCSO Departmental Meeting and Awards Ceremony. That did not prevent the department from presenting the annual departmental awards to some very deserving individuals. 


Sheriff Elmer Tanner said in a Facebook post, “I would like to say congratulations to the following: 
Telecommunicator Pshaun Martin on being awarded Employee of the Year… READ MORE

Calvert County Activates New Public Safety Communications System (MD)

Calvert County Activates New Public Safety Communications System (MD)

by | Mar 26, 2021 | Comm Center News

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. – The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) today officially activated the county’s new public safety communications system. The new 800-megahertz P25 digital communications system replaces the county’s 25-year-old system to provide enhanced radio coverage and interoperability for the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, fire departments, rescue squads and county government agencies…
Countywide RMS lets cops share info quickly from their cars (SC)

Countywide RMS lets cops share info quickly from their cars (SC)

by | Mar 25, 2021 | Comm Center News

Cops should be on the same page soon in Greenwood County.

Plans to approve a uniform, countywide digital records management system will make it easier for officers to share information with one another at a moment’s notice.

Currently, officers of the Greenwood Police Department and Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office use the same RMS, which allows them to see each others’ calls and know who is responding to which emergency…
TUSD safety department receives grant from DOJ to enhance security at schools (AZ)

TUSD safety department receives grant from DOJ to enhance security at schools (AZ)

by | Mar 25, 2021 | Comm Center News

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Tucson Unified School Safety Department announced Tuesday it received a grant from the U.S Department of Justice to create a program for enhaced security at schools and school facilities.

In October 2019, the safety department was awarded a grant of $525,000 under the 2019 COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program, according to a press release from TUSD. The COPS program was made to enhance security within school campuses and school facilities.

With the grant, TUSD enrolled into a county-wide association for public safety and public service agencies called the Pima County Wireless Integrated Network, according to TUSD. In October 2020, the program created, added to services in the TUSD community, by regulating public safety communications in the county and broaden safety in the community…

Columbia public safety outgrows its space (MO)

by | Mar 25, 2021 | Comm Center News

Columbia’s population has nearly doubled in the past 30 years, and emergency departments would like to see the public safety complex that houses the police, fire and EMS agencies reflect that growth.

The facility at 1020 N. Main Street has been the subject of several improvement plans since the public safety departments began using the property in 1988, but only minor upgrades have been made there over three decades…

Fire chief says Dadeville Fire Dept. is ‘stuck with’ weak radio channel for now (AL)

Fire chief says Dadeville Fire Dept. is ‘stuck with’ weak radio channel for now (AL)

by | Mar 25, 2021 | Comm Center News

Fire chief Scott Atkins said Dadeville Volunteer Fire Department will have to scrape by on a weak radio channel for another few months after learning what the cost of repair would be.
 
“I finally got a quote back late yesterday and I’m afraid it’s not going to be an option,” Atkins told the mayor and city council Tuesday. “The total quote was $20,000.”
 
Atkins said the quote includes $15,000 in parts and $5,000 in labor, which would involve climbing the water tower behind the fire station where the broken antenna is located….