The Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center (HRECC) formally moved into the new facility Jan. 7, according to Director Steve Hooke.
Construction of the new 5,967 square-foot building began in September 2019 and was officially completed late last year. Since then, staff have been slowly transitioning equipment to the new facility…
The towns of Acton and Concord have been working on a feasibility study for the creation of a regional emergency communications center (RECC) that would be housed in the Acton Police Department.
During the virtual meeting of the Concord Select Board Jan. 11, Town Manager Stephen Crane presented members with a draft of the plan and supported the creation of the center… READ MORE
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – If there’s an emergency in Sheboygan County, dispatcher Chris Damkot might take the call.
“It’s very unexpected from the day-to-day. When you walk in, you never know what’s going to happen. I like helping people,” said Chris Damkot, 911 dispatcher…
CHICAGO (CBS) — Some North Chicago police officers on disability and receiving pensions who are being threatened to either go back to work or lose their pensions have been waiting since 2019 to resolve the issue. The city’s police chief asked them to come back as dispatchers because dispatch was “dramatically understaffed.” But these pensioners said they could not physically do the job, and they shouldn’t have to…
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS (WJW) — The FOX 8 I-Team has uncovered yet another mix-up on a local 911 call, and another person died.
This, after we’ve exposed two other people dying after problems with 911 calls. The third case comes to light in a lawsuit filed in Cuyahoga County Court…
WINCHESTER — Members of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors clashed Wednesday night over whether to enter into a contract with Texas-based EF Johnson to replace the county’s public safety radio system — a move that is expected to cost roughly $21 million.
At Wednesday night’s board meeting, Opequon Supervisor Bob Wells suggested adding to the agenda a vote on executing a contract with EF Johnson and Pennsylvania-based Mission Critical Partners for the procurement of a public safety radio system and related services. Though the matter was added to the agenda, Gainesboro Supervisor J. Douglas McCarthy, Red Bud District Supervisor Blaine Dunn and Back Creek Supervisor Shawn Graber were upset that they were being asked to possibly vote on an expensive project without having time to examine what they were voting on…
