CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Several area first responders are helping out the victims of Hurricane Helene. The Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle Emergency Communications Center says several of its personnel are deployed to southwest Virginia to help with response...

Benton, Lake, Marion counties and Medford to receive a combined $5.6 million in DOJ funding Washington D.C.— U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle and  today announced crucial federal investments for technology to support...

The Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety held the first of several roundtables focused on improving the Office of Unified Communications (OUC) WASHINGTON — DC Councilmembers held the first of several roundtables focused on improving the Office of Unified...

The FOX 8 I-Team has found Cleveland police dispatchers punished for not working overtime even when they expected to have a day off, so we investigated. READ FULL ARTICLE

A former 911 dispatcher in Meriden has been arrested. Jonathan Miller, 26, was expected to be arraigned Thursday in Meriden Superior Court on two counts of third-degree computer crime, according to court records.

A Kansas City, Missouri, City Council committee approved an ordinance Tuesday that would create a "unified 911" dispatch system for the Kansas City police and fire departments. READ FULL ARTICLE

WASHINGTON (7News) — 7News is learning more about the updates and improvements happening within D.C.'s Office of Unified Communications (OUC).

Residents across the Salt Lake Valley were startled by a series of loud booms around noon Thursday, with many reporting that their homes shook. READ FULL ARTICLE

 A former Salem police dispatcher terminated on April 5, 2023 filed a lawsuit Friday accusing the city of gender discrimination and creating a hostile work environment based on gender discrimination. READ FULL ARTICLE

SUNBURY — A Northumberland County 911 dispatcher faces misdemeanor assault and terroristic threat charges, and has been fired from his job, following a dispute Tuesday morning at the county communications center. Andrew Youngs, 39, of Orange Street, Northumberland,...

Tompkins County’s 9-1-1 dispatchers are now working out of an alternate location near Cornell University, as renovations are underway to the emergency communications center on Brown Road in Lansing, the emergency department said Tuesday in a statement. READ FULL...

An Abbeville Police dispatcher is on administrative leave after her indictment. Shawna Miguez, 52, was indicted in July on one count of felony sexual battery and one count of simple battery. She's accused of touching the genitals of a co-worker in November 2023, and...

Henrico’s 911 operations have moved forward in leaps and bounds over the past 18 months. The office that was once critically low on 911 dispatchers and support staff is now close to having zero vacancies.

WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants the council to back a measure that would allow retired police officers, firefighters and EMS personnel to work in the District’s troubled Office of Unified Communications (OUC).

Stark County is now in the “21st century.” That was the reaction of Sheriff Steve Sloan, after the county’s 911 service went online last week.  County and Illinois State Police leaders marked the occasion in Toulon on Monday afternoon. Prior to going online,...

Calls from worried parents flooded the Barrow County 911 call center The emergency dispatch center fielding reports of an active shooter at a Georgia high school was overwhelmed with 911 calls as the situation unfolded, according to local reports and recordings...

We have every reason to feel safe in this area, not because we are immune to tragedy but because we have some of the best prepared and most dedicated first-responders available. If you don’t believe it, check Friday’s edition of The Daily Independent.

People want to live in well and safe communities. A cornerstone of community safety and wellness is 911 emergency communications. The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) Metro Dispatch Center is the largest primary Public Safety (911) Answering Point (PSAP) in...

On August 27, 2024, at approximately 3:36 PM, the Dover Police Department received a call from an individual in Albania, reporting that their brother’s boat was sinking in the English Channel off the coast of Dover, England.  The caller had conducted an internet...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Barrow County’s Board of Commissioners honored over 50 public safety departments and agencies that helped respond to the shooting at Apalachee High School in their meeting on Tuesday night. There are those who literally answered the...