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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 17, 2011

Florida Agency Deploys Verint Systems' 911 Call Center Software

Verint's Audiolog for Public Safety is designed to help today's agencies reduce liability and risk, and comply with industry standards and regulations, including those associated with next-generation 911 (NG 911). It provides advanced call recording and the ability to instantly recall incident-based recordings to support investigations with increased access to key information.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 15, 2011

FCC Chairman Announces Next-Gen 911 Action Plan at APCO

Addressing the nation's leading public safety communications officials, the FCC's chairman said the commission's top three next-generation 911 priorities for public safety include location accuracy, establishment of a governance framework, and funding.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 11, 2011

Teen Charged In Dispatcher's Death During Pursuit

A 16-year-old boy who was allegedly driving under the influence while being pursued by police is facing charges connected to a crash that caused the death of a 911 dispatcher.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 20, 2011

Prank Call Ties Up Kansas LE Resources for Several Hours

Responding deputies from the Johnson County (Kan.) Sheriff's Office actively investigated a 911 accident call for two hours that turned out to be a prank call, according to the agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2011

APCO Honors Tucson Mass Shooting Dispatchers

As part of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International will honor members of the Pima County Sheriff's Department call center for their work during the Tucson mass shooting in January.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2011

Prankster Harassed Police with Hundreds of Hoax Calls

The FBI is pursuing charges against a 20-year-old Wisconsin man who used the Skype videoconferencing service to place hundreds of hoax calls to law enforcement agencies.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2011

Prankster Radios Officer Down with Stolen Portable

A portable radio stolen from a Lake County (Fla.) Sheriff's deputy was used Monday to call in "officer down" and "shots fired" to dispatchers, who caught on to the prank and didn't send patrol units.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2011

Alabama County's Dispatchers Get New PlantCML Call Processing System

The center is currently equipped with 10 call taking positions to field emergency and administrative calls, as well as to dispatch calls to first responders at the Decatur Police Department, Decatur Fire and Rescue, the Morgan County Rescue Squad, Trinity Police Department, Priceville Police Department, Decatur EMS and 22 volunteer fire departments.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 24, 2010

APCO Announces Communications Award Winners

The Public-Safety Communications awards are presented annually by APCO International to public safety communications personnel who have demonstrated the highest levels of personal and professional conduct and performance in the line of duty.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2009

Iowa 911 Call Center First to Accept Text Messages

An emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to "911," starting Wednesday.

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