HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Henderson County 911 spent Wednesday morning testing how quickly they can respond to calls. “We’ll initiate 10 motor vehicle crashes across the county, mostly in the I-40 district area and Highway 412,” said Pamelia Tolley, 911 Director for...

A genuine issue of material fact still exists on the willful or wanton exception to governmental immunity for the use of a 911 system in the case of mishandled Howard County emergency call that resulted in a woman’s death, the Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed. In...

A Strathcona Regional District resident has been named Public Safety Lifeline volunteer of the year for Radio Communications by the Province of B.C. Barry Glickman was one of five volunteers named this year. Glickman has been an integral part of the Strathcona...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Kent County-area public safety agencies have upgraded the 911 radio dispatch system used to transmit public safety information to law enforcement agencies and personnel countywide. The $25 million upgrades in radio equipment and technology are...

Jun. 23—High stress, low pay and a tight job market have the Morgan County 911 communications center facing staff shortages that are putting its 911 dispatchers in an even more stressful work environment, the local director said. "What keeps me up at night is when...

Trinidad Police Department (TPD) announced last week that it plans to encrypt its radio communications between officers and dispatchers starting this week — creating concern for adequate oversight of the department. “The decision to move forward with encryption was...

The Lake County Board of Commissioners honored two Lake County 911 Central Dispatchers for the County’s 911 Dispatcher of the Year award. The 2019 award went to Kimberly Hodges, while the 2020 award went to Tera Phillipp. The Commissioners postponed giving Hodges her...

LINCOLN – Pressured by the Lincoln Police Union, public officials and concerned residents, Twin River Casino has updated its security system so that Lincoln police officers are equipped with radios that are compatible with the casino. In March, Lincoln Det. Kyle...

Municipal officials showed off a $5.8 million new emergency communication centers at the Frank X. Graves Public Safety Complex on Wednesday morning that is expected to speed up police and fire response time. Emergency calls will be received at the unified...

COLLIER COUNTY During an emergency, 911 dispatchers are the first line of defense for people in trouble. And now, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office is working to train the next generation of dispatchers to do this important work. The sheriff’s office partnered with...

Volusia County is getting ready to ditch a 30-year-old communications system and replace outdated 9-1-1 equipment and police radios at a cost of more than $24 million. Volusia County Council members on Tuesday approved the contract for Communications International of...

ANTIGO, Wis. (WAOW) -- Just this month, the Langlade County Sheriff’s Office says it's taken more than 150 accidental 911 calls. An accidental call could be fatal when interfering with a real call. More than 700 times this year there's been no emergency, just an...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a solicitation for collaboration efforts on the design, implementation, and operation of a nationwide geographic information system (GIS) data store as a means to create and adopt technical...

Geographic information system or GIS data is a core element of the modernization initiative to move America’s go-to dial-in service for emergencies from legacy systems to Next Generation 911, or NG911.  As highlighted in a solicitation recently published by...

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Two of the largest Police Departments in North Texas are working to overcome a national shortage of 9-1-1 dispatchers. The shortage has resulted in several delayed responses from Dallas Police. City Council woman Cara Mendelsohn said Tuesday that...

TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson's Public Safety Communications Department is undergoing a major transformation, following an outside report last year that uncovered numerous problems with staffing, morale and training. The News 4 Tucson Investigators have also been tracking...