Courtney Doberstein has been selected as the new director of the Harrisonburg Rockingham Emergency Communications Center. “One of the reasons I was attracted to this position is because I operate collaboratively, and was really drawn in and felt a shared visionas I...

Doctors, nurses and other health care workers are seen as front-line heroes caring for thousands of people who contracted the coronavirus, but other essential workers are also continuing the daily grind behind the scenes. One such person is Donna Perkins, who’s...

CHICAGO - April 29, 2020- Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) today announced Safe Schools, an integrated solution that combines video, data, analytics and voice to help schools secure their campus perimeter, control access to buildings, quickly communicate with...

MARION — Marion Public Safety 911 and the Marion Police Department will be adding several new employees next fiscal year, along with some other city departments, to better serve the fast-growing city. Positions approved for Marion’s Public Safety 911 and the Marion...

FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors allocated $107,165 to demolish the radio tower on the roof of the Criminal Justice Data Center and construct a new tower to support the regional radio public safety system. The board was told this is the final link to creating a...

ANFORD — After 11 years with the Hanford Police Department, Liliana McFarland earned her biggest commendation to date. McFarland, a communications dispatcher for the HPD, was named the Dispatcher of the Year for her agency. “I’m thankful that they do see the work that...

In this episode, JEMS Editor Emeritus A.J. Heightman interviews Dr. Jeff Clawson, Jerry Overton, Greg Scott, Brian Dale and Christopher Olola, PhD, from the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) and the IAED Research, Standards, and Academics Division....

ARLINGTON, Va. – Arlington County Police Chief M. Jay Farr is pleased to announce the appointment of Captain Adrienne Quigley to the position of Deputy Chief of Police, effective Sunday, May 10, 2020. Deputy Chief Quigley will assume command of the Systems Management...

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NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. April 28, 2020 – The Nevada County Board of Supervisors recognized Nancy Picker, a CAL FIRE NEU dispatcher whose last shift will be tomorrow – after 46 years of service to the community. The certificate listed some of Nancy’s accomplishments, but...

[PODCAST] Terry Peterson, Deputy Director of Snohomish County 911, discusses his center’s implementation of Protocol 36: Pandemic/Epidemic/Outbreak (Surveillance or Triage), how things have changed for emergency dispatchers, and how they’re planning for the...

 In the upcoming May election, you will see on your ballot a county wide public safety measure: Measure 6-178 Local option tax for failing 911 radio communications system. Public Safety agencies in Coos County have been relying on a radio system which is at end...

Ron Sams, Montgomery's director of public safety, has resigned from his position, according to a news release.  Sams, who was hired by the city in 2010 as the director of city investigations was named the director of public safety by former Mayor Todd Strange in...

(ABC 6 News) -- Before health care workers on the front lines can give care to patients, COVID-19 related, or otherwise, there are a handful of gatekeepers playing a vital role to keep the system going. “Our emergency medical dispatchers are often the very first voice...

Laurie Anderson, ENP elected 2nd Vice President; Cassie Lowery, ENP elected Southeastern Director; Bruce Romero, ENP elected Western Director; Karin Marquez, ENP elected Private Sector Director.
Today, NENA: The 9-1-1 Association announced that Laurie Anderson, ENP of the Charlotte County (FL) Sheriff’s Office, Cassie Lowery, ENP of Rutherford County (TN) Emergency Communications, Bruce Romero, ENP of the Arapahoe County (CO) E911 Emergency Communications Service Authority, and Karin Marquez, ENP of RapidSOS have been elected by the organizations? membership to serve on its Board of Directors and help lead the association?s mission to improve 9-1-1 through research, standards development, training, education, outreach, and advocacy.
Anderson, who will ascend to 1st Vice President in 2021 and then association President in 2022, has been a public-safety professional for nearly three decades. Active on both the local and national levels, she is a past president of the Florida NENA chapter and currently serves on the state?s E911 Board as an At-Large Representative. She sits on NENA?s Education Advisory Board and is a founding Co-Chair of the association?s Wellness Committee.
Lowery, who will represent NENA members from the Southeastern Region on the board, has worked in the 9-1-1 industry for twenty-five years and has volunteered at both the county and state level on multiple boards and committees. She served as Secretary for the Tennessee NENA board for six years and currently serves as Chair of the Financial Study Committee for the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board.
Romero, who will represent NENA members from the Western Region on the board, has worked in 9-1-1 since 1988. In 2015, he was elected 2nd Vice President of Colorado NENA/APCO and completed his term as Immediate Past President in 2019. He has served as the NENA Bylaws Committee Chair since 2018. He is the Vice Chair of the Colorado PUC ESInet Users? Group and Treasurer of the Colorado 9-1-1 Training Standards Institute.
Marquez, a two-decade-plus veteran of 9-1-1, will represent NENA?s private-sector members on the board. Beginning her tenure in public-safety as a dispatcher and having spent the majority of her career working in the PSAP before joining RapidSOS, she brings a wealth of operations- and technical-knowledge to her board position.
Anderson, Lowery, Romero, Marquez, and six other Board of Directors members will be sworn in this June: President Gary Bell, ENP; 1st Vice President, Jennifer White, ENP; Immediate Past President, Monica Million, ENP; Northeastern Director, Erin Malloy, ENP; North Central Director, Daryl Ostendorf, ENP; and Canadian Director, Holly Barkwell, ENP.

It took four years and millions of dollars but finally the City of Beverly Hills is parting ways with Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli. [...]At least 21 current and former BHPD department [including dispatch] employees, however, were unsatisfied and filed civil lawsuits...

Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center Communications Supervisor Tiffany Matthews and Communications Training Officer Brady Lutton have been named co-Public Safety Telecommunicator of the Year for their hard work and selfless actions....

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