"Consolidation"
North Shore Leaders to Vote on Bayside Handling 9-1-1 Cell Calls
June 19, 2012Glendale, Wisconsin – People dialing 9-1-1 on a cellphone will be routed to the new consolidated police dispatch center in Bayside, based on a proposal approved by the Glendale Common Council on Monday.
Read full articleCities Lobby County Budget Committee about 9-1-1 Dispatch
May 29, 2012LEWISTON/AUBURN: Lewiston City Administrator Ed Barrett and interim Auburn City Manager Don Gerrish drafted a letter to the Budget Committee urging them to reconsider the County Commission’s May 23 decision to keep dispatch in-house and to spend $350,000 for capital upgrades to the system.
Read full articleAndroscoggin County Commission Votes to Preserve County Dispatching
May 21, 2012LEWISTON — Androscoggin County commissioners ended a decade of debate Wednesday, voting 2-1 to maintain the ability to answer emergency calls and dispatch help in a county-run communications center.
Read full articleSalt Lake City Looks to Combine Police, Fire 9-1-1 Centers
May 21, 2012Salt Lake City’s new public safety building is more than a year from its scheduled completion. But when it opens in July 2013, it will house a combined police and fire 911 emergency and dispatch center — if Mayor Ralph Becker gets his way.
Read full articleS. Elgin Dispatch Switch Smooth So Far
May 10, 2012South Elgin residents dialing 911 probably haven’t noticed a difference this week, but police and fire officials are working to iron out the kinks of a new dispatch arrangement.
Read full articleIllinois: Bloomingdale Continues Talks about 9-1-1 Consolidation
April 19, 2012Bloomingdale officials continued discussions Monday about consolidating the village’s 9-1-1 dispatch with the Addison Police Department.
Read full articleNew Berlin Advised to Use County Emergency Dispatch
March 15, 2012New Berlin – A consultant is recommending that the city disband its dispatch center and use the Waukesha County Communications Center to handle calls for police and fire, a move the consultant says would save New Berlin and its taxpayers nearly $9 million over 10 years.
Read full articleGovernments Look for Dispatching Service Savings
March 9, 2012By STEVE HUSZAI, Staff Writer, Daily Record (Wooster, Ohio) WOOSTER — Information was flowing from city and county officials Tuesday…
Read full articleOhio Counties Look to Save Money with Regional Dispatching
February 24, 2012WOOSTER, Ohio — While consolidated dispatch centers exist across the nation, a study used the four located in Ohio as case studies: The Chagrin Valley Regional Communications Center in Chagrin Falls; the Metropolitan Emergency Communications Center in Gahanna; Regional Emergency Dispatch Center in Massillon; Westshore Central Dispatch Center in Westlake.
Read full articleBillerica Passes on 9-1-1 Plan
February 2, 2012BILLERICA — The town will no longer participate in talks to enter a regional emergency-dispatch plan after the Board of Selectmen voted Monday night to stick with the dual fire and police systems already in place.
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