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Heather Perkins: ‘It’s Been One of the Best Decisions of My Life’
December 13, 2011Before deciding to become an emergency dispatcher in July 2000, Heather Perkins, 32, from Santa Quin, Utah, was the manager…
Read full articlePublic Safety Applauds Boehner’s Inclusion of D Block Spectrum, Broadband Funding in House Payroll Tax Reduction Extension Bill
December 13, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 13, 1011 – The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) today applauded the inclusion of public safety spectrum…
Read full articleASAP Makes a Difference in Houston Burglary
December 13, 2011On Tuesday 12/01/11 around 1:30 a.m., a Monitronics 3rd shift Emergency Dispatch Operator, Delia Rico, received a counter motion burglary…
Read full articleNation’s Public Safety Leadership Reiterates Support for S.911
December 8, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 8, 2011 –As Congress continues to move forward with legislation to allocate D block spectrum to…
Read full articleWalden Subcommittee Allocates D Block, Provides $6.5 Billion for Public Safety Broadband Network and Includes NG9-1-1 Funds
December 2, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 2, 2011 – The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) announced that it is pleased that the House…
Read full articlePublic Safety Applauds Waxman & Eshoo for Introduction of The Wireless Innovation & Public Safety Act of 2011
November 29, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 29, 1011 – The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) announced today that it applauds the introduction of…
Read full articleRepresenting … You: APCO International President Gregg Riddle Reports on Recent Conferences
November 21, 2011Editor’s note: Part of the charge of the APCO International Executive Committee of the Board of Directors is to represent…
Read full articleTIA Webinar: Enabling Compliance – the FCC’s New Disability Access Rules
November 19, 2011Washington, D.C. – On October 7, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released two sets of final rules that will…
Read full articleAnna G. Eshoo: Police and Firefighters Need a Better Way to Communicate During Emergencies
November 18, 2011By Anna G. Eshoo, Special to the San Jose Mercury News (California): Each one of us will never forget the ill-fated day of Sept. 11, 2001. Faced with the unimaginable, firefighters, Emergency Medical Services and police officers arrived on the scene, only to contend with an outdated radio communications system that prevented seamless communications among emergency personnel.
Read full articleTelecommunicator Spotlight: 3 Decades of Dispatching & Cindy Cielock Is Still Loving It
November 18, 2011“I love the adrenalin rush when there is a hot call. I enjoy the stress of it all. I like the hot call, and I like a successful conclusion,” Cindy Cielock says about her job as a public safety dispatcher for Onondaga 9-1-1 in Syracuse, N.Y. The area comprises 827,000 square miles with 600 deputies and 450 Syracuse police officers. Cielock has lived in Syracuse her entire life.
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