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Keep 911 recordings, Md. appeals court tells police
Police responding to an anonymous 911 call regarding potentially illegal activity are best advised to keep a recording of that call, lest a subsequent stop, arrest and conviction be overturned […]
911 system fails in Montgomery Co, restored early Monday
ROCKVILLE — The 911 system in Montgomery County is functional again after it failed for unclear reasons. County fire department spokesman Pete Piringer tells local media that the 911 system […]
Tenn. gives Annapolis firm extension in $20m 9-1-1 contract
Annapolis-based TeleCommunication Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced that the state of Tennessee had awarded the company an extension through January 2021 on a $20 million contract to provide next generation 9-1-1 […]
S.D. withholds payment to Annapolis firm, citing problems
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A South Dakota board is withholding $259,000 from a Maryland vendor after problems with a new 911 system. The Rapid City Journal reports South Dakota’s 911 […]
Parents sue baseball league over son’s demotion
Parents sue baseball league over son's demotion leads news summary that includes $8 million settlement with wrongly convicted man, Saudi Arabia denying 9/11 claim and "Erin Brockovich" continuing.
FCC: Thousands of hotels don’t offer direct 911
Tens of thousands of hotels don't allow guests to directly reach emergency services when they dial 911, according to a national survey taken after a 9-year-old girl couldn't call for help while her mother was being stabbed to death in a Texas motel.
McDonough: Drivers license law makes Maryland ‘Disneyland for illegal immigrants’
Del. Patrick McDonough, R-Baltimore, said the law is the prime example of how "the General Assembly is so infected with the illegal alien advocates that the people of Maryland are just shut out and have no voice whatsoever."
NY financial firm settling 9/11 suit with airline
NEW YORK — Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, which saw 658 of its 1,000 employees killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, has nearly completed a settlement with American Airlines and […]
O’Malley: Remember 9/11 through service
Gov. Martin O’Malley is encouraging people to volunteer on a national day of service to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. O’Malley attended an event Wednesday that called […]
9/11 responder in N.Y.: ‘We want justice’
NEW YORK — A retired New York firefighter who was critically injured on 9/11 says it’s been “a long ordeal” leading up to this week’s pretrial hearings for five men […]
Obama administration seeks to renew terror surveillance program
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration maintains it is unable to say how many times one of the government’s most politically sensitive anti-terrorism surveillance programs — which is up for renewal […]
Art by children of 9/11 victims shown at Pentagon
WASHINGTON — Large-scale artworks created by children who lost parents or siblings in the 9/11 attacks are being shown together for the first time at the Pentagon. The exhibit is […]
