Downtown business leaders in St. Paul are drafting plans for a downtown improvement district similar to the one used in Minneapolis, which features teams of on-the-street ambassadors and a public-safety communications center. But the way the district is drawn largely...

The Sweetwater County COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center was a prime example of banding together to help keep the people of Sweetwater County informed about the COVID-19 Coronavirus. In early March, Sweetwater County Public Health, Sweetwater County Health Officer...

(TRENTON) – In response to ongoing examples of people making false accusations against black Americans in an effort to threaten them, four Assembly Democrats sponsor a bill that would make it a crime to call 9-1-1, file a police report or incriminate someone under...

MARYSVILLE, Wash. — It was almost bedtime when a strange noise told Nya Palek something was wrong. “It was a noise that caught my attention. I knew somebody needed my help in the house.” That ‘somebody’ was her son, 6’7” high school senior, Lul Palek. The otherwise...

A 911 dispatcher who watched George Floyd‘s arrest in real-time spoke to her supervisor over concerns regarding the four officers’ behavior at the scene.  In audio released Monday the unidentified woman tells her boss: ‘I don’t know, you can call me a...

WARRENSBURG — Johnson County Central Dispatch lost a valued member of its team with the passing of Records Clerk and Terminal Agency Coordinator (TAC) Douglas Butland, 62, the morning of Monday, June 8. Butland was initially hired for a telecommunicator position at...

University of Mary Washington President Troy Paino has announced the creation of an advisory panel tasked with reviewing the campus police response to the May 31 protests in downtown Fredericksburg. “The UMW Officers were there to protect the Fredericksburg Police...

1 hour ago   (0 Comments)Posted by: Chris NussmanHaving adjudicated all comments, the NENA Managing & Monitoring NG9‑1‑1 Information Document is now considered “stable.” Per NENA IPR & Antitrust Policy, Section 4.5.1 “Stable Form Notice” is being issued and is shown below.4.5 Declarations during ReviewWhen any Deliverable is in stable form, but before it undergoes review by the NENA Process Review Committee, the Committee Resource Manager shall send a Stable Form Notice to all NENA Development Group participants giving notice of a deadline, at least thirty (30) days from the date of the announcement, by which all Patent Holders with respect to the Deliverable must submit a completed copy of the Licensing Declaration Form in Annex B to the Committee Resource Manager. All Stable Form Notices shall also be posted to the Committee Management Website.Once the 30 days have passed, the document will go to the Process Review Committee for approval.Stable Form NoticeBackgroundThe NENA Intellectual Property Rights (“IPR”) & Antitrust Policy, available at http://www.nena.org/IPR, requires Participants in NENA Committees to disclose certain Patent IPRs during the process of developing a Deliverable such as a Technical or Operations Standard Document (i.e., any Standard). After receiving this notice, all Patent Holders have 30 days in which to submit a Licensing Declaration Form.NoticeThe Deliverable listed below has reached stable form and will be submitted to the NENA Process Review Committee in 30 days. Any and all Participants who hold Patent IPRs which may be implicated by the Normative Requirements of this Deliverable must submit a Licensing Declaration Form to the Committee Resource Manager within that time.Deliverable InformationTitle: NENA Managing & Monitoring NG9‑1‑1 Information DocumentDocument Number: NENA-INF-040.1-2020URL: https://dev.nena.org/higherlogic/ws/public/document?document_id=19307&wg_id=a00974df-fbab-49b7-b015-e33f9f93dbe6Date of Notice: June 16, 2020Submission Deadline: July 17, 2020NENA Intellectual Property Rights Policy – Annex C – Stable Form NoticeHaving adjudicated all comments, the NENA Impact of IoT Devices and Emergency Calling Applications Information Document is now considered “stable.” Per NENA IPR & Antitrust Policy, Section 4.5.1 “Stable Form Notice” is being issued and is shown below.4.5 Declarations during ReviewWhen any Deliverable is in stable form, but before it undergoes review by the NENA Process Review Committee, the Committee Resource Manager shall send a Stable Form Notice to all NENA Development Group participants giving notice of a deadline, at least thirty (30) days from the date of the announcement, by which all Patent Holders with respect to the Deliverable must submit a completed copy of the Licensing Declaration Form in Annex B to the Committee Resource Manager. All Stable Form Notices shall also be posted to the Committee Management Website.Once the 30 days have passed, the document will go to the Process Review Committee for approval.Stable Form NoticeBackgroundThe NENA Intellectual Property Rights (“IPR”) & Antitrust Policy, available at http://www.nena.org/IPR, requires Participants in NENA Committees to disclose certain Patent IPRs during the process of developing a Deliverable such as a Technical or Operations Standard Document (i.e., any Standard). After receiving this notice, all Patent Holders have 30 days in which to submit a Licensing Declaration Form.NoticeThe Deliverable listed below has reached stable form and will be submitted to the NENA Process Review Committee in 30 days. Any and all Participants who hold Patent IPRs which may be implicated by the Normative Requirements of this Deliverable must submit a Licensing Declaration Form to the Committee Resource Manager within that time.Deliverable InformationTitle: NENA Impact of IoT Devices and Emergency Calling Applications Information DocumentDocument Number: NENA-INF-030.1-2020URL: https://dev.nena.org/higherlogic/ws/public/document?document_id=19309&wg_id=097528c0-b7bd-44b5-b23b-eff306f87919Date of Notice: June 16, 2020Submission Deadline: July 17, 2020NENA Intellectual Property Rights Policy – Annex C – Stable Form Notice

Bev Lindsay has learned to leave her work at the office because, after 37 years as a 911 dispatcher, she knows she can never get hung up on one phone call. Last week, however, she was finally able to reflect on some of the people she’s helped as she and several local...

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County 911 Communications Board has scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday morning to discuss staffing and wages for 911 employees. Branch County 911 has had continuing problems over the last couple of years trying to maintain...

We are highlighting local heroes who are making sacrifices in their lives to help keep families fed, prepared and safe during the coronavirus crisis. We are asking FOX8 viewers to tell us about the heroes they encounter on this journey. Tonight, we are highlighting a...

Call 911 to report any situation that requires police, the fire department or an ambulance. When 911 calls are made, they are assigned to first responders by a 911 dispatcher based on the severity of the situation. Be prepared to answer the dispatcher’s...

(Des Moines) — Lawmakers in the Iowa House and Senate have both passed legislation that would classify dispatchers as first responders. Senate File 2373 was passed unanimously in both chambers. Currently, Iowa Code classifies dispatchers as telecommunicators, but the...

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Ketchikan's Mayor Rodney Dial highlights a list of appointees by Governor Mike Dunleavy to his 9-1-1 and Dispatch Consolidation Working Group Other appointees include the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety Amanda Price,...

HALIFAX COUNTY, Va., (WSET) -- On the evening of Wednesday, June 10, the Halifax County dispatch received several 9-1-1 calls with a strange request. The calls came from an address on Spring Avenue in South Boston. The caller repeatedly asked for ice cream. Upon...