Alachua County leaders will extend their deal for emergency radio service by a year while they haggle with the city of Gainesville and Gainesville Regional Utilities over the cost of that service.
But like many a disgruntled customer unhappy with a bill, county commissioners spent time Tuesday wondering whether taxpayers would be better off if the county created and ran its own emergency radio system…
A Jasper County 911 Dispatcher has been recognized for his calm demeanor while handling radio traffic and also talking to a victim during a shots fired call which happened late last month. Communications Officer Patrick Erath was presented with a certificate of commendation by Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman and other department officials on Tuesday…
The Orleans Parish Communication District (OPCD) in Louisiana is upgrading its digital public-safety records with a cloud-deployable system that will facilitate data collection and sharing.
In coordination with the city of New Orleans and the Orleans Parish’s Sheriff’s Department, OPCD tapped Hexagon’s HxGN OnCall Records system to replace a homegrown, siloed system. The stakeholders are meeting this week to kick off what will likely be a yearlong deployment effort of the software-as-a-service solution, said Tyrell Morris, OPCD’s executive director… READ MORE
The Florida Department of Education (DOE) announced it selected Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) as a preferred provider for the deployment of a statewide mobile panic alert system for Florida’s K-12 schools. To deliver the solution, Motorola Solutions teamed up with SaferWatch to offer a cutting-edge safety application that connects school districts directly with law enforcement in Florida. The DOE ranked it as the top technical solution offered amongst its selected vendors… READ MORE
The Flagstaff Police Department, along with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, has launched their new “Text-to-9-1-1” service. The service started Tuesday. A user can send a text message to “9-1-1” and it will be routed to the dispatch center. Officials recommend the service who are hearing and speech impaired, when a person is in a dangerous situation and calling would make it worse, or you tried to call 9-1-1, but can’t get reception…
KEYSER, W.Va. — The Mineral County emergency center handled nearly 8,000 calls to its 911 lines from March through December of last year, according to Luke McKenzie, director of Emergency Services that includes emergency management, 911 and mapping and addressing.
“We only have statistics starting at the middle of March of 2020 because we put in a new phone system,” McKenzie said.
In addition to 7,964 calls to its 911 lines, Mineral County’s emergency center handled 16,880 administrative calls. The center also logged 12,451 outgoing calls…
