L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Carter uses his patrol car computer in 2019. Deputies were back to using radios Wednesday as the dispatch system crashed. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) For ...

A slew of unplanned computer dispatch outages, major staffing shortages and a criminal probe hang over Washington, D.C.'s 911 center. A center that residents and visitors rely on to get help in an ...

Although some witnesses to the July 15 shooting of Ma Kaing have insisted it took first responders more than 40 minutes to arrive on the scene and render aid to the dying woman, Computer Aided ...

Two law enforcement government bodies have assembled a committee to address the problem of making computer-aided dispatch systems interoperable. Two law enforcement government bodies have assembled a ...

Aug. 15 -- MISHAWAKA, IN -- Leaders of the St. Joseph County 911 center near here know thousands of dispatches have been delayed this year because of computer problems that are being fixed. But they ...

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MURFREESBORO — The Rutherford County Commission authorized a $460,295 computer-aided dispatch plan Thursday at the request of Sheriff Robert Arnold. “This CAD (computer aided dispatch) system has been ...

One of the primary duties of a communications center is to dispatch units to emergencies. Requests for service are typically reported through 9-1-1, conventional telephones, automatic alarms, and pull ...

Our Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) software enables dispatchers, responders and commanders to collaborate in real-time, across agency, discipline, and location boundaries. Using configurable workflow ...

A four-plus hour glitch in the FDNY Emergency Medical Services’ computerized dispatch system sent multiple ambulances to the same address while spawning delays of up to an hour in answering 911 calls, ...