The Delta County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, October 21, 2020; the Delta County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to pass resolution 2020-R-026, to elevate Delta County 911 Dispatchers to the status of First Responders in...

A 38-member task force created by Mayor Levar Stoney in July after months of ongoing demonstrations calling for police accountability and a racial reckoning has delivered its final recommendations to “reimagine public safety.” The 15 recommendations include...

As the Coweta County Sheriff continues to face the demands of a growing county, all dispatch duties will now shift entirely to Coweta 911. The idea to migrate the calls to 911 exclusively has been discussed for several years but it is finally becoming a reality. In...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday formally denied the request by Chinese telecommunications group ZTE to remove the agency’s designation of the company as a national security threat.  The denial comes months after the FCC formally designated...

BELLEFONTE — There’s going to be a change at the top of Emergency Communications in Centre County. At Tuesday’s Centre County Salary Board meeting, it was announced that longtime director Dale Neff is retiring at the end of the calendar year. Following a search, it...

The Seattle City Council’s final $6.5 billion dollar 2021 budget cuts the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and other departments, allocates millions of dollars for community-based alternatives to public safety, replaces the Navigation Team, and expands tiny house...

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The Office of Unified Communications publically apologized to a D.C. mother on Tuesday, some five months after a D.C. dispatcher sent crews to the wrong address, delaying the 9-1-1 response time to a cardiac arrest emergency. Sheila Shepperd,...

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Throughout the pandemic, first responders have been quick to help those who have contracted COVID-19. On some of those calls, people are suffering from worsening symptoms of the virus too. Dispatch Communications Supervisor Carla Turner...

MONTPELIER — The Capital Fire Mutual Aid System is getting ready to withdraw from the Central Vermont Public Safety Authority even as some of its members attempt to persuade city councils and select boards around the region to invest in upgrading the area’s aging...

The Denton Police Department is launching text updates for 911 callers. According to the Denton Police Department, text messages powered by the SPIDR Tech platform will be automatically sent in English and Spanish when certain incidents are reported by mobile phone to...

DAVIDSON COUNTY — New software could soon allow 911 calls in Davidson County to be processed more efficiently, reducing response times, according to county officials. The Davidson County Board of Commissioners gave staff the go-ahead earlier this month to negotiate a...

By Eric HorngTuesday, November 24, 2020 7:43PMCHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago 911 dispatcher died from COVID-19 earlier this month, and now his wife is seriously sick with the same disease. For the Lopez family of Archer Heights, the last few weeks have been...

WAYNE, NJ – A bond ordinance was introduced at the last Town Council meeting for the township to issue $6,560,000 in bonds or notes for financing part of a total of $6,905,000 for “Next Generation 911 radio infrastructure and telephone upgrades for the Police...

DeKalb County is mourning and honoring a deputy sheriff who passed away unexpectedly hours after working her last shift. A moment of recognition for telecommunicator Margaret Rice was held at Wednesday’s DeKalb County Board meeting. Sheriff Roger Scott says Rice’s...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A family’s agony leads to new questions about safety across Richmond County. An Augusta daughter says her father’s death never should have happened and our I-Team investigates if Richmond County’s ambulance system plays a role. For three...

The Seattle City Council passed its final vote on the 2021 City of Seattle Budget on Monday Nov. 23 choosing among other budget measures to make cutbacks to the Seattle Police. The total is nearly an $80 million dollar reduction including provisos and cuts according...

AUBURN — DeKalb County Commissioners on Monday signed a five-year contract for ambulance service with Parkview Health. During negotiations for the new contract, county officials initially hesitated at allowing Parkview EMS to take over emergency dispatching of...

Several first responding agencies in Jefferson County will be receiving new laptop computers thanks to a donation by Jefferson County 9-1-1 Dispatch. Jeffco 9-1-1 Dispatch Chief Travis Williams says 344 laptops, costing more than 850-thousand dollars was donated. 166...