Sherman, Texas -- Eric M. Bridges, Executive Director of Texoma Council of Governments (TCOG) announced today the success of TCOG’s annual Texoma Texoma Regional 9-1-1 Telecommunicators Banquet. On Thursday, March 10, telecommunicators within the region were awarded...

FirstNet has been an “undisputed success” for AT&T, growing 60% in 2021 to generate $1.7 billion in revenue for the carrier giant that has been contracted to build and maintain the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN), according to an AT&T...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Emergency Communications Center (HRECC), or 911 center, is looking to hire six full-time communicators to assist with emergency and non-emergency calls. You do not need any experience and they will give you...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — South by Southwest is here and so are the crowds. “Thousands upon thousands of more people coming to Austin,” said Lt. Ken Murphy, the head of emergency communications with the Austin Police Department. “Instead of overloading those sectors with...

Garfield County’s emergency services operate with 21 people directly responsible for running dispatch but only two speak Spanish, a Garfield County official said to the county’s Latino Community Committee on Wednesday. “But one isn’t very fluent,” said Tom Holman,...

By Suzie Ziegler 

BELOIT, Wis. — First responders in Rock County, Wisconsin, showed off their musical talent and dance skills with a new music video. 

Earlier this month, the Rock County 911 Communications Center shared the “Sheesh” music video on YouTube, which shows cops, firefighters and more responders grooving to music by Surfaces and Tai Verdes. In the video, employees throw a beach party in the dead of a Wisconsin winter, complete with a cookout, kayaking (on a frozen lake), snow angels and other chilly lawn games. 

The video is part of an effort to humanize public safety personnel and engage the community, reported WCLO Radio. The communications center produced a similar project in 2015 to “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars. You can find that music video here.

Watch the full “Sheesh” video here or by clicking below:

For Branch County 911 Director Bob Swick, the search continues to fill dispatchers positions at Central Dispatch. His office turned to some high-tech tools to screen applicants to fill the high-stress jobs, which are lifelines 24 hours a day, seven days a week,...

Luzerne County’s long-awaited new 911 emergency radio communication system should be operational by July 1 if all construction, installation and testing is completed on schedule, county Interim Operational Services Division Head Fred Rosencrans told council last week....

FAYETTEVILLE -- Dispatchers for the city have continued to answer calls and get emergency responders where they need to go in a timely manner, but it's been more of a grind than usual, according to the police chief. The city's dispatch center experienced high turnover...

Would you be willing to pay a $5 annual surcharge to make sure Macomb County’s enhanced 911 dispatch system has the proper technology and trained people to operate it? The city of Mount Clemens says no. Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and his team plan to ask the...

ST. LOUIS — City leaders are tapping police officers to work overtime in the understaffed 911 dispatch center, an attempt to address the 40% of 911 callers in St. Louis still being put on hold in recent months. Under the plan, the 10 newest graduates from the St....

It shouldn’t have to be stated, but calling 9-1-1 is for emergencies only. Emergencies like medical issues and car wrecks, fires and crimes. You know, real emergencies. We’ve all heard stories of people calling this special number for mundane reasons. I’ve heard of...

UPDATE: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced they've secured $93.8 million in Community Project Funding to support 52 Nevada programs and construction projects across the state as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus...

MANCHESTER — If the town chooses to move its dispatch services to North Shore Regional 911 Center in Middleton, there’s no guarantee at this moment the current Manchester dispatchers will make the move as well. Manchester currently employs three full-time dispatchers...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/PRESS RELEASE) – On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced more than $1.6 million in federal funding has been awarded to Kentucky public safety agencies and eligible non-profit organizations to purchase up-to-date technology and related...

Alexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is seeking comments for the candidate American National Standard (ANS) for Advanced Automatic Collision Notification (AACN) Vehicle Emergency Data Set...

KING CITY — Residents in King City are among the first in the state to use a new community engagement and feedback solution service after an interaction with the King City Police Department. The new program, called CueHit, launched locally on March 5 and uses text...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Waukesha fire and police officials say an error in a dispatch system caused a delay in the response to a fatal apartment fire earlier this week. At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, police Capt. Dan Baumann estimated a response delay of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA), announced more than $18.5 million in funding for seven community projects throughout Coastal Virginia. Funded through the government funding package passed by the House of Representatives, which also provides military and...

By Police1 Staff ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The City of Albuquerque has deployed a real-time crime center (RTCC) in partnership with Verizon Frontline, a cloud-based Real-Time Response System (RTRS), Verizon announced in a press release Wednesday. The RTCC aims to help...