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911 dispatch center awarded federal funding for upgrades

Montgomery County’s Central Communications Center is one of more than two dozen Indiana counties awarded federal funding to help pay for upgrades to 911 equipment. A $2.8 million federal grant will benefit 29 public safety answering points across Indiana through the...

“People’s Center” to proceed with expansion.

The Richland County Commissioners gave their OK Thursday for maintenance director Chuck Minich and the sheriff’s office to proceed with plans for remodeling 4,300 square feet of space at the People's Center to provide more room for the 9-1-1 dispatch center and...

DOCJT Public Safety Dispatch Academy Class 127 Graduates

(Aug. 30, 2019) – Twenty-two law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. The graduates hail from communications centers across the state, and comprise DOCJT’s...

Visual 911+ App Earns FirstNet Listed Designation

SAN ANTONIO - August 29, 2019 - ( Newswire.com ) ​​​Following a rigorous review process, the Visual 911+ app is now FirstNet Listed and available via the FirstNet App Catalog. FirstNet – America’s public safety communications platform – features the first-ever App...

Hardin County E-911 telecommunicator wins national award

A Hardin County E-911 telecommunicator has been selected as the 2019 NICE Public Safety PSAP’s Finest Tele­­com­mu­nicator of the Year. Kendra Murphy, 29, was recognized Tuesday with the national award during a Hardin Fiscal Court meeting. It was pre­sented to her by...

Behind the rescue scene: 911 dispatchers

The short moment of silence is broken by a loud chirping sound of the phones demanding immediate attention. A dispatcher sitting at one of four desk areas in the office answers. Depending on the call, they look at one or more of the six computer screens set up at each...

Rimbey RCMP respond to prank 9-1-1 call

In the last week Rimbey RCMP responded to 61 calls for service. These calls include but are not limited to: six thefts, three complaints of threats uttered, three thefts of motor vehicles files, and five traffic collisions. On August 21 RCMP responded to a 911 hang up...

911 dispatcher in Fort Smith drowning had already resigned

Video is available when you click on "read full story". The 911 dispatcher who took the call of a drowning woman in Fort Smith on Saturday had already resigned before she took the call, Danny Baker, interim police chief, told 40/29 News. Saturday morning was already...

Fort Worth MedStar Takes Us Inside Communications Center

Traffic in North Texas can change in an instant. We tell you about it every morning and the people over at MedStar deal with it all the time. Often medical emergency personnel are rerouted while trying to get patients to the hospital. We were inside MedStar’s...

Upcoming Webinar

4.9 GHz Band: Review of the FCC Order

On October 22, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released its Eighth Report and Order (Eighth R&O) regarding utilization of the 4940-4990 MHz (4.9 GHz) band that protects incumbent users as requested by us, the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA). This Eighth R&O addresses a number of issues related to the use of this band by public safety. Please join us for a briefing on this order and how it impacts public safety.

This presentation will be led by Chief Jeff Johnson (ret) and Attorney Jason Karp, one of the nation’s leading experts in public safety spectrum regulations.


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