SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Regional Emergency Communication held a board meeting Thursday to address the list of recommendations and concerns brought up from the City of Spokane. In a letter, Mayor Lisa Brown said the city will only move forward with its partnership with SREC if it does so. SREC runs emergency communication for most...Read More
It didn’t take much to shake up an entire community in the Silverado Ranch neighborhood. A call was placed to 311 and has been classified as a swatting call. The call lasted almost three minutes. “He said he just killed his mom and his dad and he put the gun down,” says the 3-1-1 dispatcher....Read More
A Palm Beach County couple is facing thousands in damages after a 911 hang-up call sent first responders to the wrong home. It happened back in June when Maria and Brian Kelly were out of town. “I wasn’t aware of this situation at all until two days later, my neighbor contacted me and said that...Read More
In the fight over how Spokane fields its 911 calls, Mayor Lisa Brown and the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications remain at an impasse. Since the regional 911 dispatch first formed in 2019, the city has teetered on the edge of joining the centralized dispatch. Right now SREC answers all 911 calls in the region, but...Read More
Backup system failed because of being overloaded By Joshua Lynch [email protected] The Rochester-Olmsted County law enforcement and fire dispatch system was disrupted Sunday by what authorities called “a minor crisis.” Rochester Police Lt. Pat Donnelly said dispatch operations were moved from their headquarters at the Law Enforcement Center to the emergency operations center after an...Read More
