Tag Archives: 9/11

Wash. 9-1-1 Call Prompts Investigation of Rehired Officer

SPOKANE, Wash. — Another Spokane police officer is facing potential termination after using law enforcement resources to find the home address of a woman he’d met at a Spokane Valley bar, then showing up uninvited in the middle of the night. The woman called 9-1-1 and lodged a complaint.

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Utah Man Ties Up 9-1-1 Line, Wants Ride Home from Walmart

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The man ordered dispatchers to send an officer to drive him home.

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September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Begins Accepting Claims

NEW YORK –The September 11 th Victims Compensation Fund (VCF) is now accepting claims applications on its website, www.VCF.gov , Special Master Sheila L. Birnbaum announced today. Claimants who have registered for the fund can fill-out an online eligibility form that will be used to determine whether they are eligible for compensation through the VCF. Claimants who are found eligible will be invited to complete the compensation form, which will be used to determine the amount of compensation they are owed.

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Joint Senate Commerce and Waxman Letters to Super Committee Call for D Block Allocation to Public Safety

The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) today applauded Ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Henry Waxman, and Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison, as the leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee, for their continued support in pushing for comprehensive spectrum legislation to be enacted in Congress this year for jobs, the economy, deficit reduction and public safety.

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ShotSpotter Explores How Public Safety Agencies Can Build Trust and Confidence with Community Policing Strategies Aided by Public Safety Technology

ShotSpotter, Inc. recently announced the availability of a public safety industry white paper titled “Community Policing and the ShotSpotter Gunshot Location Solution,” an exploration of how public safety agencies can leverage the ShotSpotter gunfire location solution as a force multiplier and person-to-person policing to combat gang violence, gun violence and gain community trust.

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ShotSpotter and Data911 Partner to Deliver Real-Time Gunfire Location Alert Analysis Solution to In-Car Mobile Police Systems

ShotSpotter, Inc. and Data911 Systems today announced their partnership in delivering real-time, wide-area acoustic surveillance and gunfire location alert and analysis services to Data911 mobile, in-car computer systems to provide patrol officers with the actionable intelligence needed to respond faster and safer to gunfire incidents.

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Successful Install of Zetron’s MAX Dispatch Sets a New Standard

In order to ensure that first responders are sent to the scene of an emergency as quickly as possible, public-safety dispatchers must have communications equipment that is reliable and easy to use.

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