by ECC Editor | Jan 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
HARTFORD, Conn. — A retired Connecticut State Police trooper who was among the first to respond to the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School has died of COVID-19, according to multiple police officials.
The CSP says retired Trooper First Class Patrick Dragon, of Brooklyn, Connecticut, died Saturday at Hartford Hospital.
Dragon, 50, retired from the state police on Feb. 1, 2018, and was working as a deputy chief of the East Brooklyn Fire Department and a police dispatcher in Foster, Rhode Island, before his death… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
CBS6’s Emily DeFeciani spoke with a man who has been employed as an Emergency Dispatcher in Albany for the last few years.
We are keeping him anonymous, for fear of losing his job.
Currently, according to the Albany Police Officers Union president, Greg McGee, the Albany dispatch center is down to 27 employees out of 42…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
After the county failed to negotiate a new contract with Gainesville Regional Utilities’ GRUCom for its public safety radio system, GRUCom billed the county $1.6 million — more than double the county’s usual cost for running the system, or else it could face a system shutdown.
County commissioners voted at Tuesday’s special meeting to send a letter to Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe stating that they want to negotiate a better deal but will seek an injunction to stop the system from being inaccessible if the bill isn’t paid on time…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
Bloomington’s new Community Advisory on Public Safety Commission is open for applications to fill 11 vacant positions, the City of Bloomington’s Clerk’s Office announced Dec. 30.
The commission will research “evidence-based alternatives to traditional policing” and identify public safety practices used in other U.S. cities as well as internationally. It will also evaluate if the practices found would work in Bloomington, according to the legislation that established the commission…
by ECC Editor | Jan 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
On Dec. 27, 2020, at about 5:30 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 3800 block of Walnut Drive, in the county’s jurisdiction of Eureka, to serve a Ramey Warrant for the improper use of 9-1-1.
The suspect, 67-year-old Magdeline Pereira, was wanted on charges of making annoying/harassing phone calls to 9-1-1 after making over 100 non-emergency calls to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office’s Emergency Communications Center via 9-1-1… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
New legislation in Tennessee gives all 911 operators across the state the resources to provide CPR instructions to callers in an emergency situation. The law went into effect January 1, 2021 and it provides quick training for all 911 tele-communicators in Tennessee.
“The state board has established online training, so three hour training that you take online, you have to pass instructions on it, so they’re able to get everybody trained, which wasn’t available before,” Hamilton County 911 Emergency Communications Executive Director John Stuermer said…
