Emergency dispatchers in Meriden have filed a complaint over what they say is chronic understaffing. | File photo. June 29, 2020 07:07PM By Matthew Zabierek, Record-Journal staff MERIDEN — The city’s emergency dispatchers union is voicing concerns about...
Eileen P. Skidmore is retiring on June 30, 2020 as the False Alarm Reduction Coordinator for the Howard County Department of Police. Eileen has been a long term active FARA member who helped to form and coordinate the Mid Atlantic Chapter. Here are two comments about...
Crime Prevention Specialist Martha Gonzalez(Maureen Robertson) 6.24.20 – San Diego Union-Tribune – Across the nation, crime followed a downward trend during peak quarantine weeks, as there were fewer opportunities to commit crime. Both violent and property...
6.19.20 NY Times – Visit the NY Times Article for graphs They mostly begin from calls by citizens, but also include incidents police officers initiate themselves. Calls for service do not include time spent investigating after an incident; training sessions;...
6.9.20 – WJLA Protesters are demanding major changes to the criminal justice system following George Floyd’s death. One idea is to divert funds from departments and put that money toward social programs for marginalized communities. ABC7 has been talking...
6.9.20 – SSI – ASAP technology automates communication from alarm monitoring central stations to PSAPs and 911 centers, resulting in faster, more accurate emergency response. Harris County, Texas and Westerville, Ohio are the latest jurisdictions across...
