An emergency service provider in West Des Moines said the statewide telecommunications outage Thursday that impacted internet and landline phones services was unavoidable — and they might not be able to prevent it from happening again. “This was upstream, above all of us,” said Udell F. Mentola, spokesperson for the Westcom Dispatch Center, which dispatches police, […]
The Los Angeles Police Department is moving to fire a senior captain who allegedly did not disclose a romantic relationship with a 9-1-1 dispatcher, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. Alejandro Vargas, who is a senior captain with the Van Nuys division, was advised by Assistant Chief Daniel Randolph that he would […]
(KRON) — A woman was killed after a suspected DUI driver crashed into her car Sunday night, the San Leandro Police Department (SLPD) said. The crash happened around 11:14 p.m. at the intersection of E. 14th Street and 150th Avenue in San Leandro. The suspected DUI driver crashed into the victim’s car, which was broadsided, […]
A former Allegheny County emergency dispatcher has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection to a child porn investigation. Robert Bookshar is in federal custody after being indicted on 20 counts of sexually exploiting minors. >> Allegheny County telecommunications officer facing child porn charges The federal indictment, unsealed Thursday, alleges Bookshar coerced two […]