CANTON, New York (WWNY) - A shift is coming for Ogdensburg police dispatch. St. Lawrence County 911 will take over that duty for a short experiment. It could lead to bigger things. They’ll be trying something new next week at the county 911 dispatch center: taking on...

FORT SMITH -- A study examining the feasibility of consolidating the 911 system in Sebastian County is moving forward again. The Sebastian County 911 Board was briefed Tuesday by Crystal Lawrence of the Florida-based Association of Public-Safety Communications...

When Grant Davey’s mother fell on the back patio of her Maple Ridge home while watering her hanging baskets, she was seriously injured. The 86-year-old was in a lot of pain and could hardly move. However, she managed to drag herself up the two steps to get inside her...

New Public Safety Network (PSN) radio sites at The Entrance and Wadalba are a major boost in operational and mission critical communications coverage for emergency services. The new radio infrastructure allows crews from Rural Fire Service, Police, Fire and Rescue,...

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Upgrades cited in the first phase of a feasibility study for a Piscataquis County public safety radio system will cost $4,994,080. This does not include a potential move of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center out of the cramped...

A new type of text service has been launched by the Pueblo Police Department's dispatching center that will send Puebloans text notifications of their emergency report's status. The service was implemented Thursday, July 1 and will allow officers to provide updates on...

Originally Published: July 6, 2021 9:16 a.m. WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Reycita Billie, a 15-year public safety communications professional, was named to the New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force June 30. During the course of her career,...

The state is offering $20 million to police departments to buy body cameras and associated equipment, and smaller police departments will be allowed to band together and submit regional solutions by the end of next month to get one of the first chunks of funding. The...

BEMIDJI -- All Beltrami County Communications Officers are now trained and certified in Telephone CPR, or TCPR, enhancing their instruction prior to the arrival of first responders and medical services. According to a release, the training provided the skills to...

America’s 9-1-1 call-takers and dispatchers would receive health and wellness services under bipartisan legislation recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI). “Emergency dispatchers selflessly serve their communities and are often confronted with stressful...

Turtle Island Communications workers lay fiber cables on reservation lands. (Photo courtesy of Turtle Island Communications.) By Lee Egerstrom Business journals and mainstream media all across America are focusing attention on what many call “the new normal”...

MANCHESTER, NJ — Robert M. Dolan Jr. took over July 1 as the seventh police chief in Manchester Township in a swearing-in ceremony that included promotions and new assignments for nine of the department's officers. Dolan succeeds Chief Lisa D. Parker, who retired...

Macarthur has just become a little bit safer thanks to the installation of two new radio sites in the region. Radio infrastructure has been installed at Ingleburn and Yanderra as part of the NSW Government's expansion to the Public Safety Network's footprint for...

Area police departments are working to improve the way they respond to 9-1-1 calls. In Prince William, the county just deployed its new E-911 technology. The system, which is being adopted by public safety agencies across the U.S., better works to pinpoint the...

  Prince William County’s Department of Public Safety Communications has launched the next generation of 9-1-1, called the Emergency Services Internet Protocol Network (ESInet). The current 9-1-1 infrastructure in Prince William and across most of the country...

When Elizabeth “Liz” Ryan began her nearly 40-year career as an emergency dispatcher in the early 1980s, she used a manual typewriter with a red and black ribbon, a landline telephone […]

The McMinn County Commission has voted unanimously to renew its contract with McMinn County E-911. At last Wednesday’s meeting, the commission voted in favor of extending its emergency dispatch services contract for three years with the McMinn County Emergency...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Now in Leon County, 911 is a call, and a text away. Emergency services can now be contacted through text message, with the service starting earlier this week. You have to text emergency services in proper English, with no emoji's and as of...