Pandemic Highlights Central Station Dependability and Value
While Internet providers and even 911 centers experience occasional outages, central stations have become virtually indestructible thanks to their strong foundations.
While Internet providers and even 911 centers experience occasional outages, central stations have become virtually indestructible thanks to their strong foundations.
Springfield Technical Community College campus police department dispatcher Quantisha Wilbon helped perform CPR on the victim.
Although the security and safety industry maintains focus on redundancy and business continuity, it appears that most were not prepared for something like COVID-19.
Investing in a mobile safety app for your campus could help keep 911 dispatch centers from being inundated with non-emergency calls.
COVID-19 has prompted Microsoft Azure to designate first responders, health and emergency management services, critical government infrastructure and remote workers as the company’s top priority during the crisis.
Prior to the transition, 9-1-1 calls made from campus were routed to a local police department before being relayed to campus police.
Hearing- and speech-impaired citizens have been pushing for Text-to-911 technology for years and a text can often get through when a voice call cannot.
The partnership enables sending of critical on-scene emergency data and allows 9-1-1 dispatchers to control doors and security cameras by pushing a button.
CS Higher Education Director of the Year Ronald Hurley has taken to social media to improve communication between the public safety department and students.
School security cameras helped the principal lead law enforcement to the armed teen who brought a gun into Dennis Intermediate School.
In this webinar, attendees will learn the observable behaviors people exhibit as they head down a path of violence so we can help prevent the preventable.
This discussion will help participants analyze, understand, and assess their own program effectiveness.