Last week, during public safety and administrative and community service (ACS) committee meetings in Edwardsville, aldermen approved on first reading an amendment to an article that calls for increased staffing within the police department’s telecommunications center....

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - The board of county commissioners, county executive staff and constitutional officers presented proclamations recognizing the dedication and achievements of individuals from the Hunterdon County Department of Public Safety. The first...

Lake Zurich Telecommunicator Olga Taylor was awarded a stork pin after she helped deliver a baby over the phone at an unincorporated Lake Zurich home. | Photo: Village of Lake Zurich A Lake Zurich 911 dispatcher was recognized for guiding parents in delivering a baby...

Ventura County Sheriff's officials unveiled the first of two new mobile incident command posts Wednesday. The rolling command center will be used as a communication hub during wildfires and other disasters, at major crime scenes and for...

WILTON, CT — The Town of Wilton has received a $983,000 grant for a town wide emergency public safety communications system. The new system will allow for improved communication within and between the various town departments. It will also improve emergency...

WESTFIELD — Regionalization of public safety dispatch in Westfield and Southwick is on schedule to take effect this winter, according to Westfield’s dispatch administrator. Administrator Nina Barszcz said to Westfield’s Public Safety Communications Commission...

Dispatchers at the Fairbanks Emergency Communications Center are the first line of response when people call 9-1-1. But two years of overtime and staff shortages are eroding stress, according to dispatch manager Kristi Merideth, especially during the Covid-19...

TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y.—Tompkins County Information Technology Services is working to update its database systems that deal with addresses throughout the entire county. At a recent Tompkins County Council of Governments (TCCOG) meeting, Gregg Potter, director of ITS,...

Kurt Schrader arranged for $1.2 million to help Marion County pubic safety agencies develop improved radio communications A planned new multi-agency radio system stands to enhance public safety throughout Marion County. Woodburn Fire District reported that on May 6...

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – Residents in Macomb County will soon have to pay a monthly 911 surcharge of 42 cents per device through 2024. The Macomb County Board of Commissioners adopted this resolution in response to shortfalls in the emergency communications services...

First Responder Communication Proved Critical During Earthquake Response Exercise FirstNet utilized as an important tool during a disaster recovery and response training Earthquakes rarely come with much warning and in California, the state with the most damaging...

(MURFREESBORO)  At a time when you hear frightening stories of people calling 911 and getting a busy signal or put on hold, Murfreesboro residents give the emergency service a 95 per cent rating. When an emergency suddenly occurs and a Murfreesboro citizen or visitor...

NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJMN) – Construction is under way in Negaunee Township on a state of the art, regional communications center for state police and the agencies they support. Any time troopers, K-9’s, air or water support are dispatched in the U.P. those calls...

WEST OLIVE — The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners passed a 911 plan for the county Tuesday that brings documentation up-to-date with the latest technology used by the Ottawa County Central Dispatch Authority. The OCCDA recently completed a switchover from copper...

Clearfield County Commissioners awarded a bid for completion of a communications tower sited on land owned by the Moshannon Valley School District. During Tuesday’s meeting, the board said the award is contingent on a review and final approval of the offer by county...

The Hawai‘i Police Department has been plagued by staffing shortages from various departments for several years. Over the past couple of years, HPD has struggled to hire and retain sworn and unsworn employees. Overall, the department has 53 sworn position vacancies...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Haywood County 911 Communications Center has been named North Carolina’s “Communications Team of the Year." The team of 25 full-time employees works around the clock, often speaking with people in the most traumatic of situations,...

11Alive investigators traveled to Tucson, Arizona to see its program that embeds mental health professionals in the emergency response process. TUCSON, Ariz. — People call 911 in crisis. While many people associate the number with a crime or medical emergency...

For many public safety agencies, broadband and communications tools that rely on high-speed internet are becoming an increasingly important part of their work. According to the 44,600-plus residential surveys conducted in communities that have participated in the...