A Washington County 911 dispatcher has been placed on administrative leave without pay for comments she made on Facebook Wednesday, according to county administrator, Dustin Peebles. Lynn Davis posted a comment in reference to a Sandersville man who died after being Tased by … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON - In the last two weeks, commanders at the scene of two major fires in the District have asked for extra crews to help. However, they did not arrive as fast as it should have due to issues with 911 computers. In one case, it took ten minutes for the 911 center to … [Read more...]

The parents of Jaydon Chavez-Silver are suing a dispatcher who hung up on a 911 call pleading for help as the teen was dying. Chavez-Silver, 17, was at a party in Albuquerque when he was shot in the chest in 2015. A close friend of his proceeded to perform CPR and called … [Read more...]

The world’s oldest emergency call service, 999, celebrates its 80th anniversary today. The 999 service was first set up on 30 June, 1937, to give telephone operators a way of separating out emergency calls from routine police reports. It was brought in following a tragedy … [Read more...]

Middletown, OH – In an effort to fight rising costs to deal with overdoses and its heroin problem, the city of Middleton wants to implement a controversial proposal that would let addicts die. City Council member Dan Picard has proposed a ‘three strikes system’. After a … [Read more...]

It's no secret that the Phoenix Police Department has been stepping up its recruitment efforts in response to a serious officer shortage that's being experienced by law enforcement agencies across the state. But the department is also short on people to answer and respond to … [Read more...]

Nearly 10,000 calls to 911 went unanswered last year in St. Joseph County. “We only have a certain number of 911 operators on the floor at any given time,” explained Michael Clayton, President of AFSCME Local 164. Clayton said 13 dispatchers typically work any given shift … [Read more...]

ST. LOUIS • The city has reached a $500,000 settlement with the grandmother of a woman murdered after a 911 dispatcher sent officers to the wrong address during a domestic dispute. St. Louis Circuit Judge Bryan Hettenbach on Monday approved the settlement with Edith Foster and … [Read more...]

June 21--A poorly performing computer program at the Knox County E-911 Center is placing law enforcement officers and firefighters in danger by depriving them of updated information on emergency calls, authorities said Wednesday. The $6.2 million Intergraph Computer Aided … [Read more...]

une 14--PEABODY, MA-- It's been a dozen years since the notorious "dozing dispatcher" episode in Peabody. John Brophy, a firefighter working on the department's 911 dispatch desk, had fallen asleep, missing a call about a six-month-old baby who had stopped breathing. For that, … [Read more...]