911 and Dispatch
As much as you would like it, you can’t expect to be everyone’s hero. The trauma a victim is experiencing is theirs to handle, not your burden to assume
Today – and every day – we thank you for your continued dedication, commitment and sacrifice
Bakersfield Police Department’s recovery specialist has a special set of skills to field 9-1-1 calls for community members who may need mental health services
Police arrested a man for drugs after he pocket-dialed 911 and dispatchers heard him talking about getting high and going to a drug dealer’'s house
The police reports say that immediately after the shooting, the girl said she felt the gun was too much for her and had hurt her shoulder
Police arrived at a downtown bar as dispatchers relayed initial witness 911 reports that the suspect had opened fire into the club
A 911 dispatcher is in trouble over his response to a mother who called for help after her 10-month-old son accidentally locked himself in her car
New mobility app promised VPN support and security
Two-way radio, wearable microcomputer, and handheld device help process and organize information so you can focus on your job
New vehicle radio extender offers portable radio coverage extension for public safety
New solution provides first responders with 4G/LTE coverage and capacity in one hour
Text-to-911 software suite captures data in a new way
Police are praising a dispatcher for persuading a gunman to surrender after he allegedly shot and killed three people, wounded two others and fired on officers
The drunken, inappropriate remarks and catcalls coming from the loudspeaker of a marked Broward sheriff’s patrol car had bystanders scratching their heads
A man has been charged after sending lewd photos to an officer who responded to his call of a suspicious vehicle in his neighborhood
Dispatcher has resigned after failing to relay key information to officers responding to a woman who was killed 12 minutes into a call
One student talks to 911 operators while a classmate attempts to tend to his bleeding neck and chest
Deputy Jaron Fountain crashed into a ditch while responding to a burglary in progress that was discovered to be false
Police received a frantic 911 call from a woman, a passenger in a pickup truck, who was screaming for help. When the call disconnected abruptly, the dispatcher used the phone’s GPS to track the truck
Vermont became the first to offer the technology statewide Monday
Business co-owner called 911 and told the dispatcher not to send police
Denver police officials blame their delayed response to a woman who was killed 12 minutes into a 911 call on a dispatcher who failed to relay information to officers
Woman called from a Subway to complain that employees had put marinara sauce on her ‘flatizza’ instead of pizza sauce
The CEO of Nextdoor, a social network designed to help neighbors connect with each other and police, was charged Wednesday
Dispatcher tells him she doesn’t have a clue
Agencies believe that texting to 911 is the next step forward for emergency response and policing
The shooting happened when Lafayette officers responded to a series of 911 hang-up calls
More than 70 emergency responders swarmed a home Tuesday, in what turned out to be a revenge hoax
Police officials said internal investigation will focus on the time it took officers to respond to the home, and whether dispatchers properly prioritized call
Authorities say a toddler has been reunited with his mother after employees found him playing inside a claw crane machine
Police in Louisville, Ky., say a man called 911 after falling from a ladder and breaking his leg in the middle of a home break-in
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