Jan. 6—URBANA — Ten seconds may not seem like a lot of time. But in a life-or-death scenario, every second counts, said METCAD Deputy Director Jeffrey Wooten. METCAD is working to implement a new ...

The FDNY’s new $22 million state-of-the art computer-aided dispatch system isn’t any better than an antiquated one used by EMS — and has crashed as many times as the older system in the six months ...

The county is also building two new radio towers, a new 911 dispatch center, and upgrading its radio system technology. The ...

HANCOCK COUNTY — The firefighters call her “Dispatch Debby.” She’s the automated voice they hear over the emergency alert system telling them they have a run to make and where they need to go.

BERWYN, Ill. (CBS) – For police officers, firefighters, and the people they serve, seconds count, but it's not just up to first responders. A fast response starts with the first call to 911. That's ...

GREEN BAY - Police say ongoing problems with the county's new dispatching system are putting the effectiveness of area law enforcement at risk. On Thursday, the Green Bay Police Protective Association ...

The Socorro Independent School District’s Department of Police Services implemented a new 911 dispatch system, the school ...

A new dispatch system should go live in 18 to 24 months. The new system has not been picked yet, and officials are still deciding who will pay what. Washoe County, Reno, Sparks and REMSA will all be ...

(TNS) — A few hours before the ball dropped on New Year's Eve, the computer dispatch system for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department crashed, rendering all patrol car computers nearly useless ...

ST. JOSEPH — As Berrien County moves forward with the implementation of a Computer Aided Dispatch mobile and mobility system, ...

The L.A. County Sheriff's computer dispatch system went down on New Year's Eve. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) A few hours before the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve, the computer dispatch ...

Two men have been charged with participating in a scheme that raked in big money by using a compromised dispatch system at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to allow paying taxis to ...