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Seattle City Council votes to transfer 911 operations away from police (WA)
A barrier stands outside of the Seattle Police Department's West Precinct on June 10, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) In a 7-0 vote on Monday, the Seattle City Council has approved transferring 911 operations away from Seattle Police...
Durham 911 call center could take months to be fully staffed again (NC)
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – When you call 911 in Durham, there’s a chance there won’t be enough operators at the Durham Emergency Communications Center (DECC) to answer your call. When no one answers a call within 30 seconds, it is routed to Raleigh-Wake 911. An average of...
Roswell 911 Center recognized for excellence (GA)
The Roswell 911 Emergency Communications Center has been recognized for excellence in managing fire-related calls. The 911 center was named an Accredited Center of Excellence for emergency fire dispatching by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED), a...
York County to get 911 call upgrade in coming years (PA)
York County's relatively old-fashioned 911 system will be moving online in the next few years. The county commissioners on May 12 unanimously approved an agreement with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to provide "Next Generation 911" services at no cost...
Text to 9-1-1 service coming to Macon County (IL)
MACON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — Officials with the Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center said members of the community will soon be able to text 9-1-1. In a news release, officials said the service will be available in Macon County starting June 1. “Text to 9-1-1 will...
Jefferson City Police Department communications supervisor honored (MO)
JCPD communications supervisor honored The Missouri Chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) recently honored Angela Stiefermann, Jefferson City Police Department communications supervisor with the distinction of Chapter Life...
Arlington Emergency Communications Deputy Wins State Recognition (VA)
Jeff Horwitz received Virginia’s Public-Safety Communications Information Technologist of the Year award The Virginia Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (VA APCO) has honored Arlington’s Emergency Communications Center (ECC) Deputy Administrator...
911 has its own emergency: Not enough call takers and dispatchers (CO)
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — “Jeffcom 911. What is the address of your emergency?” asked a 911 call taker. “I’m on I-70 east. A truck just blew up,” responded the caller. A massive inferno erupted on I-70 involving 24 passenger vehicles and four semi...
Penn State University Police adopt FirstNet communications platform for first responders (PA)
Penn State University Police and Public Safety will be utilizing new technology titled "FirstNet" for first responders, according to a Tuesday release. FirstNet is a communications platform dedicated to first responders and the extended public safety...
New Farmington Hills dispatcher responds to call to help others, save lives (MI)
Caitlyn Bailey’s first day as a Farmington Hills dispatcher was a tad overwhelming. The recent graduate from Wayne State University’s criminal justice program found her bearings amid the computers, monitors and workstations that comprise the city’s nerve center. “I...
Leonardo and Ericsson partner to bring 5G benefits to public safety and industrial sectors
The collaboration agreement, which has an international scope, aims to drive solutions that enable industries to transform operations, increase safety and security, and deliver innovative products and services.
Emerging next-generation use and business cases will demand more reliable, higher performance wireless solutions from 4G and 5G mobile networks. The collaboration will see Ericsson and Leonardo sharing R&D capabilities and competences spanning cyber security, 5G networks and service evolution.
The partnership will also address cyber security while threats are becoming more complex in particular for strategic critical infrastructures.
In certain specific projects and opportunities, the collaboration will also be open to communications service providers and other ecosystem partners.
Enrico Savio, Chief Strategy & Market Intelligence Officer, Leonardo, says: ”The agreement brings together market leaders in 5G technology and cyber security to accelerate the delivery of more effective, secure and reliable communications. ”
He adds: ”This will benefit communities, public and private organizations, making them feel safer and more secure, which is one of the objectives of our company’s strategic plan: Be Tomorrow – Leonardo 2030. By bringing together our respective expertise, Ericsson and Leonardo will create the strategic conditions for both companies to grow in the mission-critical sector and deliver innovation that will change the way we do business.”
Emanuele Iannetti, Head of South East Mediterranean, Ericsson, says: “5G unlocks the industry digitalization and mission critical public services evolution We’re joining forces with Leonardo to gain a complementary view of market demands and business drivers, taking digitalization to the next level. Through the collective experience we get through this partnership, we will be able to increase the impact of what we do for our customers.”
The Ericsson and Leonardo cooperation will also enable integration and interoperability with existing narrowband digital communications. This will be done by using LTE and 5G technologies to design and deliver solutions that will provide first responders such as firefighters, emergency medical service personnel and policemen with fast and secure communications to save lives.
Alongside existing narrowband infrastructures, such solutions can support more advanced use cases and mission-critical services such as real-time video, massive use of sensors and augmented reality.
Based on the agreement, these jointly developed solutions can be integrated into Leonardo Command & Control propositions to bring critical mobile broadband benefits to daily operations for public safety users.
About LeonardoLeonardo is a global high-technology company. It is among the top ten world players in Aerospace, Defence and Security and is Italy’s main industrial company. Organized into five business divisions, Leonardo has a significant industrial presence in Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland and the USA, where it also operates through subsidiaries that include Leonardo DRS (defense electronics), and joint ventures and partnerships: ATR, MBDA, Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space and Avio.
Find out more about Leonardo.
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COMPA president: closing police dispatch center will be ‘catastrophic’ (AZ)
The City of Maricopa Police Association (COMPA) stands with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 78 in support of opposing the closure of the City of Maricopa’s Emergency Communications Center (ECC). We believe closing the EEC will be catastrophic. The City of Maricopa...
Former PA 911 dispatcher files lawsuit, alleges racial, sexual harassment
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. — A former Cambria County 911 dispatcher is suing the county, alleging racial and sexual harassment. The civil suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by Christy L. Janciga, who is...
Radio towers go up in Taylorsville for new P-25 system for Polk Public Safety (IL)
Photos of the new radio towers going up in Taylorsville on May 13 (left) and 14 (right) for the P-25 mission critical public safety communication system were provided by Commissioner Scotty Tillery. Update: Headline edited for poor grammar. – KtE The new radio system...
Slow fire response time irks captain of YPD (OH)
YOUNGSTOWN — A captain at the Youngstown Police Department, newly appointed to oversee its 911 center, said Lansdowne Boulevard resident Earl Minotti has reason to be upset that the response time to put out the fire that badly damaged his home early Thursday was...
What it’s like working 911 dispatch – WNPR : ProtectAndServe
I can verify if needed, but I was a 911 dispatcher for my local sheriff's department for about a year and a half. My instructor made a pretty chilling point that as a call taker, you're going to be the last person on earth to talk to some of these people, I've heard...
Regional dispatch center provides Canton with professional-level support (MA)
By Mary Ann Price Staff at the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center moved into their new facility in January. This story originally appeared in the May 13 edition of the Citizen. A few years ago, Canton Fire Chief Charles Doody’s niece dialed 911 because...
Ventura County implements text message to 911 capabilities (CA)
Anyone in Ventura County can now reach 911 dispatchers via SMS text messages, public officials announced this week. The change is meant to improve accessibility for residents who may have difficulty making phone calls, such as those who are deaf, hard of hearing or...
Dorchester County learning lessons following 911 outage (SC)
“We have back up plans. We have what we refer to as continuity of operations plans to ensure that if there is a disruption that we can transfer the calls to a neighboring 911 center,” said Mario Formisano, Dorchester Interim Deputy County Administrator for Public...
Scioto Sheriff awards citizen and dispatcher after deputy gets into accident while on duty (OH)
SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) - The Scioto County Sheriff has given out two awards after a citizen helped a deputy who got into a crash on his way to an emergency. According to Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman, on May 15, Deputy Webster was responding to a call of...
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