by Cherie Bartram | Dec 13, 2022 | Equature 911 Blog
Artificial Intelligence, AI, as it’s commonly referred to, is seeping into every fiber of our daily lives but can it answer a 9-1-1 call? Experts believe it can, and that in the nearby future, AI will change policing completely. As technology expands, the public...
by Cherie Bartram | Nov 8, 2022 | Equature 911 Blog
What can I say other than it happens to everyone at some point in their career? And some people deal with this more than others. “She’s always taking time off” “He never works overtime” “She takes all the overtime” “He ate my yogurt” “John left dirty...
by Cherie Bartram | Oct 11, 2022 | Equature 911 Blog
With the controversy about law enforcement training still ripping through the US in the aftermath of excessive force allegations and the related outcomes of those cases, I jumped at the opportunity to sit in on a police academy and experience, firsthand, the training...
by Cherie Bartram | Sep 23, 2022 | Equature 911 Blog
There is a widespread belief that public safety telecommunicators (PSAPs) are immune from liability in the event of an emergency. This is not the case. What is a 9-1-1 Emergency Telecommunicator? They are the people that answer your call when you dial 9-1-1. Depending...
by Cherie Bartram | Sep 13, 2022 | Dispatch Improvement, Equature 911 Blog, NG9-1-1
In my career, I have had thousands of hours of additional training (not an exaggeration!). I don’t remember every class, but NCMEC does not fall into that lost memory category. In 2007 one of my employees told me about a CEO Conference/class at the National Center...
by Equature Press | Sep 1, 2022 | Equature 911 Blog
Beyond the regular staffing shortage of applicants, challenges facing 911 today revolve around technology. Specifically speaking for this article, what happens during power outages and network outages? Many PSAPs today have contingency plans in place for when 911 goes...
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