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Never Forget : 911 Memorial
Eight years ago, I was in North Dakota helping our daughter Jen with her newborn son Adam. Trica called us and said turn on the TV, she was living in a suburb of Chicago at the time. Far Guy was at ho...
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Bush library exhibits: 9/11, war, Katrina, recount

A tour of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum begins in a bright area representing his early domestic agenda, but with one turn, visitors find themselves in a darkened room surrounded by chilling reminders of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

By Associated Press , April 22, 2013

911 calls affected by outage again

A cut cable impacted long distance and 911 service in Jamestown and Valley City Saturday, but people could still get through to emergency services by calling 911 and the outage was fixed by 4:43 p.m.

By Kari Lucin , June 25, 2012

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Disclosure of 911 recordings limited by N.D. House

North Dakota's House has endorsed limits on the public disclosure of recordings of 911 emergency calls.

February 03, 2011

Letter to the editor: House bill gives 911 callers level of protection they need

On Jan. 19, The Jamestown Sun republished an editorial from The Forum newspaper regarding a bill before the Legislature (House Bill 1156) that would restrict access to recordings of 911 calls in North Dakota. The editorial does a thorough job of identifying the issue from the media’s standpoint. What it doesn’t do is explain the issue from the perspective of a person calling 911.

By Jerry Bergquist , January 25, 2011

N.D. emergency centers took 205,000 calls in 2009

BISMARCK — Nearly 205,000 911 calls were made to North Dakota emergency centers last year. Add in the administrative calls, and North Dakota’s 22 public safety answering points handled about 1.2 million phone calls in 2009. The statistics were part of an Emergency Services Communication in North Dakota report presented Thursday to lawmakers on the interim Taxation Committee.

By By Teri Finneman, Forum Communications Co. , June 26, 2010

LEC dispatch took 5,223 911 calls in all of 2009

Statistics for 911 use in Stutsman County are consistent with statewide numbers, said Jerry Bergquist, Stutsman County emergency manager and 911 coordinator. “During 2009 we had 5,223 calls to 911 in Stutsman County,” said Bergquist, who is also president of the Emergency Services Communications committee. “That is up from 4,817 in 2008 and 4,313 in 2007.”

By Keith Norman , June 26, 2010

911 calls increase in N.D.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s 22 public safety answering points handled about 1.2 million phone calls last year, including nearly 205,000 911 calls.

June 25, 2010

Stutsman County needs 911

Every 12 years, residents of Stutsman County are required by state law to decide if they want to continue paying $1 on landline and wireless phones for 911 service. We know 911 is a necessity and ask residents to approve County Measure No. 1.

June 03, 2010

Voters will decide whether to continue $1 fee to fund it

Voters will decide whether to continue $1 fee to fund it It wasn’t that long ago area residents had to know what agency and what phone number to call in case of an emergency. Just 22 years ago the area did not have 911, so any call for emergency services, such as ambulance, sheriff, fire or police departments, had its own phone number.

May 25, 2010

Official: 911 dispatchers can pinpoint calls

An official with the North Dakota Association of Counties says it's impossible to know whether authorities would have been able to find three Dickinson State University softball players faster had they called 911 on their cell phone rather than friends.

November 05, 2009

Proposed rules for 911 centers debated

Some law enforcement officials worry that proposed statewide 911 dispatch standards would force smaller centers to close. The standards would require at least two 911 dispatchers on duty at all times.

October 27, 2009

Woman killed by garage door made fake 911 call

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho woman who died after being pinned under a garage door at the paramedic building where she used to work first lured emergency workers away with a fake 911 call.

October 06, 2009

Immune system cancer found in young officers responding to Sept. 11 attacks

NEW YORK (AP) — A small number of young law enforcement officers who participated in the World Trade Center rescue and cleanup operation have developed an immune system cancer.

August 11, 2009

Caller in Gates case unsure if there is a crime

Caller in Gates case unsure if there is a crime The 911 caller who reported two men possibly breaking into the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. did not describe their race, acknowledged they might just be having a hard time with the door and said she saw two suitcases on the porch. Cambridge police on Monday released the 911 recording and radio transmissions from the scene in an effort to show they had nothing to hide, but the tapes raised new questions about how and why the situation escalated.

By By Russell Contreras, The Associated Press , July 28, 2009

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Police say clerk used her toes to dial 911

Police say a Mandan motel clerk dialed 911 with her toes after a man bound her to a chair during an early morning robbery. Police Chief Dennis Bullinger said the Seven Seas motel was robbed about 3 a.m., Friday. He said the robber told the clerk he had a gun and demanded money, then tied her in a chair and covered her eyes with some kind of a cloth.

January 24, 2009

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