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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2014

New World Systems Teams with Intrado to Develop Next Generation 9-1-1 Solutions

New World Systems, a provider of public safety software, has announced a new partnership with Intrado, a provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions, to equip Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) across the country with Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1)-ready solutions. The goal of this formal partnership is to help public safety agencies keep up with changing technology requirements, and improve emergency response for their citizens.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 20, 2014

Text to 911 Now Live in 16 States

Four major wireless carriers rolled out a text-to-911 feature. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile met the Thursday deadline to enable text-to-911 service, giving people a way of reaching emergency responders when a voice call is not an option

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2014

Public Safety Orgs Support FCC Rule to Help Find Wireless 911 Callers

A unified front of the nation's leading public safety and public health organizations submitted comments this week in support of a proposed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule to help emergency responders more quickly and accurately find 911 callers using wireless phones from indoor locations.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 3, 2014

Video: Fla. Man Made 3,000 Harassing Calls to 911

Authorities say Keith Lukas called Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office dispatchers nearly 3,000 times in a year-and-a-half, each time harassing and belittling them. On Tuesday, he was convicted on one count of making "repeated harassing phone calls."

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 14, 2014

FCC Launches Inquiry on 'Universal 911' System After Woman's Death

On Dec. 1, Kari Hunt Dunn was stabbed to death in the bathroom of a Marshall, Texas, motel room. Her 9-year-old daughter tried to call 911 four times -- but she didn't know she had to dial 9 first.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2013

Public Safety Organizations Urge FCC to Address Wireless 9-1-1 Problems

Prominent law enforcement, public safety, and emergency response organizations held a press event and displayed a banner urging the FCC to quickly establish a reasonable, measurable level of location accuracy for all wireless emergency calls.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2013

Patrol Car Video at Center of N.C. Police Shooting

Attorneys have given varying interpretations of patrol car video footage that captured the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2013

Ore. Police Respond to 'Massive Freaking' Spider

A teenage girl told a dispatcher that the baseball-sized spider was likely a tarantula and was sitting on the back of her couch. "I've never seen a spider this big," she said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 28, 2013

SES Tests Man Down Body Armor Technology

Select Engineering Services (SES) has successfully tested its Man Down Technology (MDT) that mounts to an officer's body armor and calls 911 if the officer becomes incapacitated.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 20, 2013

Calif. Suspects Butt-Dial 911 During Robbery

Accidentally butt dialing someone is embarrassing or inconsequential to most, but for two Fresno, Calif., men, their cell phone mishap landed them in jail. The call, which went to 911, started like any other call to the police dispatcher, with the operator asking, "What is your emergency?"

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