Following a multi-year assessment of the City of Rochester’s Emergency Communications Department (ECD), the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) awarded its national accreditation to the City and County 911 Center, which recognizes excellence in community engagement, policies, procedures, equipment and facilities…
CLEVELAND — On Friday evening, the city of Cleveland announced that it has terminated one of its dispatchers after a long history of violating the city’s policies and procedures.
Charles McGeever was fired following an administrative predisciplinary hearing that was held last month to address the results of internal investigations alleging that he had engaged in improper procedures and/or misconduct… READ MORE
Douglas R. Boone, ENP, succeeded Gay Murrell as Director, Hawkins County Emergency Communications District last May after twenty years with Kingsport 911, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Washington County 911, and as Assistant 911 Director with Unicoi County. Gay Murrell served with the Hawkins County Emergency Communications District from 1994 to 2020.
Doug was awarded his ENP (Emergency Number Professional) Certification from the National Emergency Number Association, after having demonstrated his broad based competence and mastery of the comprehensive knowledge base required for emergency number program management…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — NGA 911, a leading-edge Next Generation 9-1-1 solution provider, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Safety & Disaster Response (PSDR) Competency status. This designation recognizes that NGA 911 provides proven Next Generation 9-1-1 technology to help customers leverage the power of AWS to protect the public and prepare, respond, and recover from natural or man-made emergencies and disasters… READ MORE
Marion County commissioners said Tuesday that they are looking to CARES Act money as the means of a possible tax break next year for their constituents.
Commissioners agreed to put in a single request for the remaining $34.5 million available through Phase 3 of the CARES Act.
They’ll get reimbursed for payroll related to the jail, EMS, emergency management and public safety communications. The money will go right into the general fund…
CLEVELAND — It’s a boy!
Heights Hillcrest Communications Center announced in a Facebook post that one of their dispatchers guided a woman through childbirth over the phone.
According to the post, the call came in at approximately 4:43 p.m. on Saturday, November 28th, and told the dispatcher that a woman in the home was in active labor…
