911 and Dispatch
A dispatch supervisor’s review of a new headset and earpiece designed for them
N-ear’s new behind-the-head boom microphone delivers easy-wearing performance
From livestreaming a fire to locating a lost hunter, integrating consumer communications with CAD systems can improve responses
In less than a week, someone had made more than 4K calls to 911. At one point, emergency dispatcher Kari Bueno was receiving three to four calls a minute
Veteran dispatchers failed to inform first responders that gunman had threatened to shoot police if they came to his residence in prior incident
Two young brothers are likely hoping they haven’t landed on Santa’s naughty list after police showed up at their doorstep
Relatives of a woman who was found fatally beaten more than six hours after a neighbor first called 911 are suing Denver and some of its dispatchers
Man who called 911 to report a suspicious car on Halloween was fired upon several times by officers who mistook him for an armed suspect
Officer opened fire after man wielding dual knives took a fighting stance and yelled, “you’re gonna shoot me, you’re gonna shoot me”
According to deputies, the man asked the dispatcher how she felt about handcuffs
FDNY officials say dispatchers worked manually during the outage and sent out emergency crews by radio
As police raced to a high school last week in response to reports of a possible shooter, they faced the daunting task of trying to secure a maze of buildings
At one point, the dispatcher noted that she could hear a bubbling sound as if something was cooking
Man has been charged with making three 911 calls to report bogus emergencies simply because he was lonely and wanted paramedics to show up
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
