SACRAMENTO, CA – “There’s somebody trying to break into my house, it looks like one person, please send someone,” said a frantic Sacramento County resident during a recent 911 call. Every year, more than 850,000 calls are made to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s...

Delta’s police department is hoping to eventually set up its own dispatch service for non-urgent emergency calls – if a couple of stumbling blocks could be cleared. During a discussion about E-Comm at the Delta Police Board on Wednesday, Oct. 20, Chief Neil Dubord...

Ramsey County 911 operators could soon dispatch social and mental health workers, child welfare staff and even nonprofit employees to crisis calls, in one of the most dramatic transformations of the emergency call system since its inception half a century ago. At a...

A method of calling for assistance on Oklahoma highways is being retired. For almost three decades, drivers of Oklahoma’s highways have been able to call *55  for assistance. The number was previous implemented in 1992 as a cellular service that would,...

As San Patricio County continues to grow in leaps and bounds, so does its needs for first responders and upgraded equipment. Located in the middle of industrial growth in Sinton and Portland is Taft, which currently has 12 employees and serves 233 square miles. With...

A telecommunicator from Mayfield is among 14 Kentucky State Police employees who were honored by the agency during its annual civilian awards ceremony Thursday in Frankfort.  KSP held the award ceremony to recognize civilian employees for their work in 2020.  “All of...

Cape May Court House, N.J. – Middle Township will partner with Cape May County for emergency dispatch services as part of a plan to realize savings and ensure sufficient staffing. Middle authorized a shared services agreement with the county at its Oct. 18 Township...

JACKSON COUNTY, MI – New equipment to help the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office increase transparency and improve operations is being funded by federal COVID-19 relief funds. A lease-to-own program through Axon approved by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners on...

TUCSON — The City of Tucson is moving forward with its threat to fire city employees who do not get vaccinated for COVID-19, setting a December deadline. Those same workers face November suspensions if they can’t prove they are vaccinated or that they received an...

PULLMAN – The Pullman Police Department has partnered with Neighbors Public Safety Service to leverage the Neighbors app by Ring. This free service allows citizens the opportunity to stay informed with real-time information related to local public safety incidents....

Photo by Roberto Hugo Gonzalez Edinburg, TX – DHR Health is now a FirstNet® subscriber, bringing their Level 1 Trauma Center to the forefront of public safety communications. FirstNet is the only, nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to...

The City of Fort Atkinson has accepted a proposal from Mueller Communications, Milwaukee, to serve as the communications consultant for a possible public safety referendum next April. The proposal, which excludes an optional community survey, carries a total price tag...

After launching in parts of Harlem this summer, New York City is planning to expand a pilot program that enables 911 to dispatch teams that are led by social workers to mental health calls instead of the NYPD. The B-HEARD program will cover all of Harlem by early...

The Central South Dakota Communications Center in Pierre is receiving new equipment thanks to some one-time funding from the State of South Dakota. The 911 Coordination Board, administered by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, has awarded the public safety...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Serious allegations contained in a new federal lawsuit paint Lehigh County's 911 Center as a place where discrimination, negligence, and outright incompetence run rampant. One especially startling claim in the lawsuit is that one dispatcher's...

Henry County held a job fair at the Jack Dalton Park at the back of the Henry County Administration building during the day on Tuesday, and by the end of the 4-hour session, there was some optimism among government officials looking to fill a number of positions. “I...

JENKS, Oklahoma - The City of Jenks is honoring a newly-retired city employee for 46 years of service. “Therefore I, Cory Box, Mayor of Jenks do hereby proclaim October 16th in the City of Jenks as ‘James Bruce Parker’ day,” Box said. News On 6 first shared about...