Jackie Mines

Goodbye Spreadsheets, Hello GIS Dashboards

Public-safety agencies collect vast amounts of data, but the way that data is managed can make or break its ...
August 6, 2025

While Status for Telecommunicators Starts to Improve, Compensation Continues to Lag

National Telecommunicators Week is being celebrated nationwide this week. And rightly so. Telecommunicators ...
April 12, 2023

A Toolkit Designed To Help Telecommunicators Get Their Due

A problem long has existed in the 911 community, which is that telecommunicators working in emergency ...
January 4, 2022

Take This Step to Move Next Generation 911 Interconnection Forward

Next generation 911 (NG911) networks represent a huge leap forward compared with legacy 911 systems. They ...
December 29, 2021

’Once-in-a-Career’ Chance for Federal Funding Exists for Public Safety

The cost of standing up an emergency services Internet Protocol network (ESInet)—which provides the transport ...
April 21, 2021

Launching the 911 DataPath Project

A lot of data is being collected about 911 service in the United States by a plethora of government entities ...
July 2, 2020

DOT and DOC Grants Will Give 911 A Much-Needed Boost

Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) took the ...
August 16, 2019