ST. LOUIS — City leaders are tapping police officers to work overtime in the understaffed 911 dispatch center, an attempt to address the 40% of 911 callers in St. Louis still being put on hold in recent months. Under the plan, the 10 newest graduates from the St....

It shouldn’t have to be stated, but calling 9-1-1 is for emergencies only. Emergencies like medical issues and car wrecks, fires and crimes. You know, real emergencies. We’ve all heard stories of people calling this special number for mundane reasons. I’ve heard of...

UPDATE: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced they've secured $93.8 million in Community Project Funding to support 52 Nevada programs and construction projects across the state as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus...

MANCHESTER — If the town chooses to move its dispatch services to North Shore Regional 911 Center in Middleton, there’s no guarantee at this moment the current Manchester dispatchers will make the move as well. Manchester currently employs three full-time dispatchers...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/PRESS RELEASE) – On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced more than $1.6 million in federal funding has been awarded to Kentucky public safety agencies and eligible non-profit organizations to purchase up-to-date technology and related...

Alexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is seeking comments for the candidate American National Standard (ANS) for Advanced Automatic Collision Notification (AACN) Vehicle Emergency Data Set...

KING CITY — Residents in King City are among the first in the state to use a new community engagement and feedback solution service after an interaction with the King City Police Department. The new program, called CueHit, launched locally on March 5 and uses text...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Waukesha fire and police officials say an error in a dispatch system caused a delay in the response to a fatal apartment fire earlier this week. At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, police Capt. Dan Baumann estimated a response delay of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA), announced more than $18.5 million in funding for seven community projects throughout Coastal Virginia. Funded through the government funding package passed by the House of Representatives, which also provides military and...

By Police1 Staff ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The City of Albuquerque has deployed a real-time crime center (RTCC) in partnership with Verizon Frontline, a cloud-based Real-Time Response System (RTRS), Verizon announced in a press release Wednesday. The RTCC aims to help...

MAYFIELD, Ky. (KFVS) - A Kentucky State Police telecommunicator was recognized, along with other first responders, for their work during the Mayfield tornado. They were recognized by the Kentucky Emergency Management Association on March 9. According to a news release...

The objective of the project is to replace aging legacy and end-of-life (EOL) infrastructure and radios with a more reliable, robust, and scalable solution based on an open standard technology. PowerTrunk, Inc. announces that Williams Communication Services Inc....

LINCOLNVILLE – At 10:07 a.m., January 16, 2022, Knox Regional Communications Center Dispatcher Tracie Webster received a call for a woman in active labor.  She initiated emergency protocols and toned North East Mobile Health Services, the ambulance company that...

ROSWELL, GA — The Roswell Fire Department will be able to respond quicker now that its 911 Center is using a GPS tracker to dispatch the closest emergency response vehicle to a caller's location. The department said in a news release Monday that it's utilizing...

A mobile app that is meant to improve communication between police departments and the public has been picked up by two Connecticut police departments, with a handful of other departments considering it as well. The app, Atlas One, is currently in use by the Rocky...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 7, 2022) –Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Tuesday, March 8, in honor of a Kentucky State Police (KSP) telecommunicator who died Sunday, Feb. 27. Police...

BELTON, Texas (KWTX) - There are fewer 911 call takers and dispatchers to respond to emergency calls at the Bell County Communication Center as a nationwide worker shortage slows down the hiring process. The Bell County 911 Center in Belton received about 700 calls...

WELLSBURG — The Brooke County Commission has approved a $3,050,000 contract with Motorola Solutions to provide equipment for the county’s emergency 911 center and first responders. The county commissioners said the contract approved Tuesday is for 10 years and...