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APCO International Commends FCC for Extending Outage Reporting to Interconnected VoIP Providers
February 15, 2012Washington, DC – February 15, 2012 – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International today issued the following statement…
Read full articlePueblo County Sheriff’s Office Selects HipLink for Critical Notifications to First Responders
February 15, 2012LOS GATOS, Calif./February 09, 2012 — HipLink Software, an innovative leader in platform software for notification used in incident response,…
Read full articleSterling Heights, Mich. Police Department Puts New Software to Good Use Solving Crime
February 15, 2012Troy, Mich.(February 7, 2012) — New software and technology from New World Systems is providing the Sterling Heights,…
Read full articleGamber-Johnson introduces a new line of docking stations – TabCruzer
February 15, 2012Stevens Point, WI – Gamber-Johnson, an ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer of rugged docking stations and…
Read full articleDMR Association Welcomes Zetron as a New Category 1 Member
February 15, 2012LONDON, UK – 26 January 2012 – The Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Association warmly welcomes Zetron (U.S.A) as a new…
Read full articleDispatching Is a Career and a Passion for Padty Mayhew Davis
February 9, 2012“You can’t let your emotions affect how you do your job because it could impede the outcome for citizens and officers,” says Padty Mayhew Davis.
Read full articleSan Pablo Woman Arrested after Police Say She Called 9-1-1 More Than 3,000 Times in Four Months
February 9, 2012SAN PABLO — A serial 911 caller went to jail this week, after police said she dialed for emergency help more than 3,000 times since September.
Read full articleSpokane 9-1-1 Calltaker Broke Protocol on Handling of Hang-up Call from Murder Victim
February 9, 2012Spokane county officials said an investigation into the December homicide of a Deer Park woman revealed a call to the 911 communications center from the victim’s cellphone was not forwarded to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office for investigation, a breach of protocol that has prompted a review of the center’s procedures.
Read full articleLESA Statement about Powell 9-1-1 Calls
February 9, 2012Things that we now know about this evil tragedy are not always so clear to those involved in the initial moments. What happened with this call first comes to us blindly on the other side of a phone; it is only in hindsight that we see things that are not apparent to the call takers.
Read full articleSheriff Unhappy with Dispatcher in Powell Case
February 9, 2012A 9-1-1 recording reveals a social worker’s urgent attempts over more than six minutes to get a dispatcher to send deputies after Josh Powell locked himself and his two sons in his home.
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