Los Angeles city officials said Friday they are still working to discover what went wrong earlier this month when power at a key communication center went down and caused a blackout to the LAPD dispatch system.
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Long Beach Airport Conducts Emergency Communications Drill
LONG BEACH – An emergency training exercise was conducted at Long Beach Airport Friday to test inter-agency communications and response capabilities.
Vallejo and Benicia Emergency Dispatchers Earn Accolades
Police and fire emergency dispatchers were honored countrywide this week, including nods from the Benicia and Vallejo police and fire departments.
Dispatch Woes Rankle Officials
The 12-hour blackout of the Police Department’s dispatch center last week renewed calls to overhaul communications for first responders, including a plan to upgrade the Hollywood Hills site that experienced the recent breakdown.
Los Angeles Prosecutors Reject Charge in Police Shooting that Followed False 9-1-1 Call
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors tentatively rejected a request by Pasadena police Monday to file an involuntary manslaughter charge against a man who made a false report of being robbed by armed men.
Police Recount First Minutes of Grisly Scene at University Where Seven Were Killed
OAKLAND — Police say they have a confession in hand. Murder charges are pending. And memorial services for the seven people killed in the shooting rampage at Oikos University on Monday are already being held. But police are still piecing together the gruesome details of what happened as One L. Goh reportedly entered the tiny university campus in East Oakland and opened fire in what police believe was an attempt to exact revenge on an administrator and other students he thought were disrespectful.
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OPINION: Torres’ 9-1-1 Bill Will Not Balance Privacy and Transparency
LexisNexis on April 23, 2012
in Commentary/Blogs, News, Regional & National
Do you realize that if you call 9-1-1 and reveal to a dispatcher some private medical information about yourself that you could hear it replayed tomorrow on the news?