by ECC Editor | Mar 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
A Phoenix 911 operator who recently recovered from COVID-19 has died after returning to work. And now the city is investigating how it handled overtime in her case. Pamela Cooper’s story is part of a larger issue about who is answering 911 operators’ calls for help.
Pamela Cooper
Four days after Pamela Cooper was rushed to the hospital, Councilwoman Betty Guardado said this: “Pamela’s shift should have been 10 hours but because of the chronic understaffing she was forced to stay for 15 hours”… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
A $120 million project that hopes to strengthen city services while revitalizing a neighborhood will be vertically expanding by a floor following some modifications to a scheme that emerged last year.
Jersey City announced in September the imminent groundbreaking of their new Public Safety Headquarters. Set to rise at a parking lot on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Kearney Avenue, the facility is part of an ongoing endeavor to consolidate many of the city’s government operations within a few blocks of Bergen-Lafayette…
by ECC Editor | Mar 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
A Phoenix 911 operator who recently recovered from COVID-19 has died after returning to work. And now the city is investigating how it handled overtime in her case. Pamela Cooper’s story is part of a larger issue about who is answering 911 operators’ calls for help.
Pamela Cooper
Four days after Pamela Cooper was rushed to the hospital, Councilwoman Betty Guardado said this: “Pamela’s shift should have been 10 hours but because of the chronic understaffing she was forced to stay for 15 hours… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) — Officials are urging residents in Adams County to register for CodeRED alerts. It’s a mobile alert system that will allow you to receive real-time emergency notifications from the county’s dispatch center.
Some of the notifications residents might receive relate to missing children or persons, hostage situations, shootings, structure fires, chemical releases, and natural disasters; as well as non-emergency situations like road closures and debris removal instructions after a severe storm… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
CARMEL, N.Y. – Putnam County has been awarded $6 million in state funding to improve emergency communications, infrastructure and public safety operations.
The funding, which is part of Phase 2 of the 2018 Statewide Interoperable Communications Targeted Grant Program, will enable the county to add six new communications tower sites and add new radio channels to enhance communications between the county’s fire /EMS services, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police, Metropolitan Transit Authority Police Department, school districts and municipal police departments…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
The dedication and achievements of staff members from the Department of Public Safety Communications (DPSC) were honoured at an appreciation event held on Wednesday, March 3 2021.
DPSC is comprised of specialised teams including the Public Safety Communication Centre, which processes and dispatches emergency (9-1-1) and non-emergency calls, the Electronic Monitoring Centre, which is responsible for the monitoring of selected offenders, the Public Safety Radio Network and the National CCTV Programme…
