D.C. promised more transparency from the agency that handles 911 calls and nonemergency communications. But a recent rule change may be doing the opposite. After receiving criticism over…
Read more ‘People’s lives are on the line’: DC 911 reporting change sparks alarm – WTOP NewsThe 911 dispatch center in Bergen County, New Jersey. Hundreds of millions of 911 calls pour into the country’s roughly… The 911 dispatch center in Bergen County, New…
Read more Five years after a tragic DC 911 misfire, America’s emergency dispatch systems are still overwhelmed and underfunded – WTOP NewsOfficials said Verizon, one of the biggest cellphone carriers, would keep hanging up on 911 when someone is calling for help in D.C. Last month alone, more than…
Read more Can you hear me now? DC trying to figure out why this carrier kept dropping 911 calls – WTOP NewsD.C. leaders are finally saying more about the problems they’ve been dealing with at the Office of Unified Communications, which handles the city’s 911 call center. This page…
Read more Aging technology, IT failures largely to blame for DC 911 breakdowns, city says – WTOP NewsThere’s been growing frustration with 911 outages at D.C.’s Office of Unified Communications, the agency that handles emergency calls in the city. Now, several D.C. lawmakers have called…
Read more ‘Our nation’s capital should be able to do better than this’: DC lawmakers on city’s 911 outages – WTOP News
