Archive for the ‘Legal’

  • Blackwood woman fights in son’s name for 911 Good Samaritan Law
    GLOUCESTER TWP, NJ — Sept. 23, 2010. That’s the day Blackwood resident Salvatore Marchese was found dead in his mother’s car in a parking lot in the shadows of a Camden high-rise located nearby the Ben Franklin Bridge.
    by at December 19th, 2011 at 09:12 am
  • City police dispatcher busted for marijuana
    ATTLEBORO, MA — A veteran Attleboro police dispatcher has been linked to an alleged ring receiving packages of marijuana sent through the mail, prosecutors said Thursday.
    by at December 9th, 2011 at 09:12 am
  • Bi-partisan amendment promotes Next Generation 9-1-1
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) around the country received encouraging news on December 1, as a bipartisan group of Representatives in the House passed an amendment aimed at improving the capabilities of the nation’s 9-1-1 centers. Previously introduced as H.R. 2629, the Next Generation 9-1-1 Advancement Act, the amendment, introduced...
    by at December 1st, 2011 at 03:12 pm
  • 911 board pays to audit AT&T
    SIOUX FALLS, SD — Here in South Dakota when you pay your phone bill each month, you’re paying an extra 75-cent surcharge to fund 911 services statewide, but Sioux Falls metro is seeing a big drop in funding from one company.
    by at November 23rd, 2011 at 09:11 am
  • Trial hears of 911 hang-up call
    HALIFAX, NS, CANADA — A second-degree murder trial opened Monday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax with testimony from a 911 dispatcher.
    by at November 16th, 2011 at 11:11 am
  • $3.9M in 911 fees diverted, FCC report says
    CHARLESTON, WV – West Virginia diverted $3.9 million in 911 fees last year, according to a federal report.
    by at November 15th, 2011 at 10:11 am
  • Hamilton County 911 suing AT&T over unpaid fees and false reports
    HAMILTON COUNTY, TN — Lawyers for Hamilton County 911 filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that AT&T submitted false reports, neglected to pay fees for nearly a decade and has used the savings as an unfair advantage against competing phone companies.
    by at November 15th, 2011 at 09:11 am