Katherine Landergan

2 months ago | dailyitem.com | Katherine Landergan |Stephanie Lamm

ATLANTA — People in crisis are reaching 911 operators with more ease a year after an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found significant delays for thousands of emergency calls across metro Atlanta. Gwinnett County, Fulton County and the city of Atlanta all made substantial strides toward meeting industry best practices — that nearly all emergency calls are answered within 20 seconds. kAm“%@ >6[ E92E’D 9F86[” D2:5 {:D2 w2==[ H9@D6 9FD32?5 5:65 :?

2 months ago | ajc.com | Katherine Landergan |Stephanie Lamm

People in crisis are reaching 911 operators with more ease a year after an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found significant delays for thousands of emergency calls across metro Atlanta. Gwinnett County, Fulton County and the city of Atlanta all made substantial strides toward meeting industry best practices — that nearly all emergency calls are answered within 20 seconds.

2 months ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Caleb Groves |Katherine Landergan

ATLANTA - Georgia legislators are pushing for a multimillion-dollar overhaul of the state's antiquated 911 systems that have struggled to handle the volume of emergency calls from people in crisis. "This is to address, quite frankly, the struggles that many communities are having with the outdated, and in some cases, dilapidated and just dysfunctional 911 system," state Rep. Will Wade, R-Dawsonville, sponsor of House Bill 423, said at a committee meeting in February.

2 months ago | thederrick.com | Caleb Groves |Katherine Landergan

ATLANTA — Georgia legislators are pushing for a multimillion-dollar overhaul of the state’s antiquated 911 systems that have struggled to handle the volume of emergency calls from people in crisis. “This is to address, quite frankly, the struggles that many communities are having with the outdated, and in some cases, dilapidated and just dysfunctional 911 system,” state Rep. Will Wade, R-Dawsonville, sponsor of House Bill 423, said at a committee meeting in February.

2 months ago | ajc.com | Caleb Groves |Katherine Landergan

Georgia legislators are pushing for a multimillion-dollar overhaul of the state’s antiquated 911 systems that havestruggled to handle the volume of emergency calls from people in crisis. “This is to address, quite frankly, the struggles that many communities are having with the outdated, and in some cases, dilapidated and just dysfunctional 911 system,” stateRep. Will Wade, R-Dawsonville, sponsor ofHouse Bill 423, said at a committee meeting in February.