Fed up with repeated questions about a $500,000 consultant’s report on the shortcomings of the 911 system, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday he never read it.
Tag Archives: New York
New York City War Over 9-1-1 Report
Josh Margolin, The New York Post The city [New York City] will appeal a Supreme Court ruling this week requiring City Hall to release a scathing analysis of the city’s trouble-plagued 911 system. Fire Department unions have subpoenaed the analysis and all of its drafts but the city has objected to their release, saying the [...]
Judge Orders NYC to Release Review of 9-1-1 System
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City must release a consultant’s review of the city’s 911 system and emergency response times that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration has been fighting to keep private, a civil court judge decided Monday.
New York City Is Reportedly Squelching 9-1-1 Disaster Report
The Bloomberg administration is waging an all-out battle to suppress a scathing report aptly called “911 CPR” – which has determined that the city’s emergency-dispatch system is on life support, The Post has learned. The document, formally known as the 911 Call Processing Review, charges that despite more than $2 billion shoveled at the problems, response times to emergencies, in which every second counts, have actually slowed.
New York: More Alarm Bells Over City’s 9-1-1 System
Problems with the city’s 911 system continued through the weekend, with at least one service outage that forced backup systems to kick in so emergency calls could get through, The Post has learned.
IBM to Help Rochester, Minn., Police Department Fight Crime
ROCHESTER, Minn. – 25 Jan. 2012: The Rochester Police department will use advanced analytics software from IBM to mine, share and extract intelligence from critical data in order to improve police investigative and prevention programs. By identifying incident patterns the police department can forecast crime “hot spots” and proactively allocate resources accordingly. The project in [...]
Hi-Tech 9-1-1 Call Center
It took three years longer than planned, but New York City has finally integrated emergency police, fire and medical calls at a single location that can instantly display a caller’s location on a map, Mayor Bloomberg announced.
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Don’t Procrastinate … The FCC’s Narrowband Deadline Is Almost Here!
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Dispatching: A Profession or a Job?
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FCC Says PSAPs Must Be Able to Receive 9-1-1 Texts
- Naples City Council Bristle at Cost of New Radios; Suggest Officers Share
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Duty-Related Trauma Exposure in 9-1-1 Telecommunicators
- Residents: Go Slow on Address Change
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Don’t Procrastinate … The FCC’s Narrowband Deadline Is Almost Here!
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Protect Your PSAP Applications from Downtime
- Senate Confirms Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai as New FCC Commissioners
- N.M. Governor Unveils Wildfire-Warning System
- FCC Reviews Rules Governing the Emergency Alert System
- S. Elgin Dispatch Switch Smooth So Far
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