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July 6, 2024 • 18:37 Comments Off on Verified!

Verified!

Wow! It seems as though our post, on July 2nd, in reference to problems at the DC 911 call center, has been verified by a WTOP article that was posted on July 3rd.

July 6, 2024 • 17:57 Comments Off on Khyree Jackson, dead in a car crash.

Khyree Jackson, dead in a car crash.

NFL draft pick Khyree Jackson, from Prince George’s County, will never get to play a down following a deadly car crash near Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, early Saturday morning.

Jackson, and two other men died in a crash involving three vehicles on Route 4/Pennsylvania Ave. just north of Dower House Road, according to Maryland State Police. Jackson, 24, who was the front seat passenger of a Dodge Charger being driven by Isaiah Hazel, 23, of Upper Marlboro, both died at the scene. The third person in the car, Anthony Lytton, Jr., 24 of Upper Marlboro, was transported to the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Largo, where he was subsequently pronounced dead. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 6, 2024 • 17:40 Comments Off on Attempted Carjacking Foiled!

Attempted Carjacking Foiled!

DC Police are investigating a shooting where two U.S. Marshals fired at a man who was trying to carjack one of them.

Early Friday morning, around 1:15 am, two deputy US Marshals were parked in separate vehicles in the 2100 block of 11th Street NW when Kentrell Flowers, 18, of Southeast, exited a nearby vehicle and pointed a handgun at one of the Marshals. The Marshal responded by drawing his service weapon and fired “several shots” at Flowers. The other Marshal, who was nearby in the other vehicle, responded and fired his service weapon as well. Flowers was subsequently transported to a hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

DC Police advised that no officers or marshals were injured in the incident.

Filed under: Local Crime

July 3, 2024 • 18:12 Comments Off on Council Member Nadeau frustrated with DC 911!

Council Member Nadeau frustrated with DC 911!

‘This is literally life or death’: DC council member expresses frustration with 911 call center problems.

Frustrated D.C. residents continue voicing concerns and fears over the District’s 911 call center, saying their calls are still being dropped or never answered. One D.C. council member says she wants answers.

Ward 1 Council member Brianne Nadeau said she’s seen an uptick in complaints from her constituents. For example, over a 10-day period in May, Nadeau said she heard about more disturbing incidents with the call center than she typically does in a year.

“I am deeply concerned and frustrated with the 911 call center,” Nadeau told WTOP. “Right now, when you call 911 in an emergency, there is no guarantee that someone is going to answer or call you back.” Read the rest of this entry »

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July 2, 2024 • 18:01 Comments Off on More Troubles at DC 911!

More Troubles at DC 911!

Dateline DC has learned of another very concerning problem at the DC 911 center. Serious staffing issues within the dispatch center have led to police and fire/ems shifts, that are normally staffed with 6 to 25 or more members respectively, being reduced to operating at times with as few as three employees at times on the ems side. This causes emergency dispatchers, who are supposed to monitor units on one particular channel, to patch and monitor two radio channels at the same time. It has been proven that staffing shortages can cause serious delays in service to citizens and put emergency units operating in the field in danger due to the possibility of missed and or delayed radio transmissions due to dispatchers having to monitor and work more then one channel at a time… Read more…