As costs continue to rise and people check every bill for savings, you might find yourself reviewing your cell phone statement for relief. Have you noticed the line item, “NJ 911 System / Emergency Response Fee”? This small fee is a tax collected by service providers...

By mid-2024, the financial operations of Portland’s four public safety bureaus will live under one roof: the Community Safety Division. That’s if all goes according to a plan laid out by Mike Myers, Portland’s community safety transition director. Myers began serving...

DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Davidson County leaders are considering changes to the dispatcher training academy to get new hires on the floor faster in the 911 center.Currently, the county has between four to five employees taking calls on each shift. County Manager...

Every cellphone and land line in New Jersey is charged a 90-cent monthly fee that is supposed to fund 911 services in New Jersey, but instead the state has been diverting it for its own use since 2009, according to county officials. And in spite of the state being...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has designated April as the first-ever Emergency Communications Month. Emergency communications not only enhance public safety interoperable communications at all levels, but also helps preserve lives and...

Arlington County’s public safety agencies have come together to organize participation in the relief efforts for Ukraine. The County’s Fire Department, Police Department, Sheriff’s Office, and Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management are...

A telecommunicator, also known as a dispatcher, is the person you likely encounter first in an emergency after calling 9-1-1. They’re behind the scenes deciphering the situation, reaching out to first responders in the field and possibly initiating emergency measures...

BOZEMAN - More calls are being made to 911 and Gallatin County Dispatch has been answering those calls. An influx of new population and more tourism has meant more calls are coming in, sometimes on purpose or even on accident. “We wanted the community to see what we...

Monticello Police Department Chief Jason Akers wants to welcome our newest Dispatcher, Ms. Shaneikua Stewart to the MPD team! Ms. Stewart is a 2014 graduate of UAM, where she received her Bachelors Degree in General Studies. Shaneikua was raised in Dermott comes to...

A state Comptroller investigation released Monday morning alleges that former Hawkins County 911 director Gay Murrell permitted violations of payroll and leave disbursements that resulted in thousands of dollars in unauthorized expenditures. The investigation was...

The City of Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 10-16, as part of National 9-1-1 Education Month to honor the outstanding contributions of the City's 9-1-1. The month...

TRI-CITIES, WA - The Walla Walla Emergency Management team shared on social media that if you power goes out because of the wind, to not call 9-1-1 unless you have a life threatening emergency. With our Weather Authority Alert, Meteorologists say we can expect winds...

PORTAGE COUNTY, Wis. (WAOW)-- The Portage County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that they have begun accepting text-to-9-1-1 service.  Cellphone users can now send a text of up to 140 characters to 9-1-1 in an emergency.  The sheriff's office says the...

Signing up for emergency notifications from the town has gotten even easier — residents can now sign up ro receive local CodeRED messages over their cell phones. Those interested can sign up by simply texting "Newtown" to 99411. This system allows the Emergency...

It’s public comment time for APA Project 2021-0207 – Town of Inlet Shared Use Public Safety and Wireless Communication Tower. The proposed project includes the installation of two monopine telecommunications towers, one 90-feet tall and the other 95-feet tall (95 feet...

Facing resistance from the Palo Alto Police Department, the Palo Alto City Council reluctantly agreed on Monday to keep police radio communication encrypted and inaccessible to the media and the public. During a long discussion that stretched well past midnight,...

Metro Wire Staff Portage County residents can now send emergency messages to 911 dispatchers by text message. Wireless customers can now send a text, up to 140 characters, to 911 in the event of an emergency. Sheriff Mike Lukas said texts to 911 should only be used in...

VAN BUREN -- A project to build an emergency communication center in Crawford County got the money needed to continue to the next step at no extra cost to the taxpayers. The Quorum Court approved using more than $1.03 million from the county's American Rescue Plan...