The [Kirwan] Commission on Innovation and Excellence this week unveiled new cost estimates for its recommendations to expand pre-kindergarten, increase teacher pay, provide more resources for at-risk students, and develop…
Emergency dispatchers on the Mid-Shore are joining ranks to ensure that 911 callers do not get a busy signal; instead, overflow calls will roll over to another trained dispatcher in…
Sometimes calling 9-1-1 may not be the best way to report an emergency. In certain situations, the ability to text your emergency message could mean the difference between life and…
County first responders to FCC, cell companies: Tell us when 911 goes out The Federal Communications Commission is investigating an AT&T 911 outage March 8 that left counties across 13…
MACo Policy Associate, Kevin Kinnally, provided testimony in support with amendments of Senate Bill 466, "Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - Revisions (Carl Henn's Law)," before the Senate…
Department of Homeland Security officials have confirmed that Emergency 911 call centers located in at least 12 different U.S. states were recently the target of a widespread distributed denial of…
Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG911) systems will enhance the current capabilities of today’s 9-1-1 networks, allowing compatibility with more types of communication, providing greater situational awareness to dispatchers and emergency responders,…
While the technology to implement Next Generation 9-1-1 is available now, there are many issues that local governments must work through relating to technology standards, the process of transition, governance,…
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