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Sean Myers
Verified
Digital Project Producer, KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA)
Beats
Sports and Culture, Snark , NYC Politics, Investigative Healthcare, International Sports , U.S. Politics
Content
By Candice Nguyen Verified, Sean Myers Verified, Jeremy Carroll Verified| KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA) Verified Exactly one year after Oakland leaders announced a $2.5 million investment to save the city’s failing 911 Emergency Call Center, average answer times remain the worst in California by a wide margin. State data shows, with an average answer time of 50 seconds, Oakland PD is more than triple the state standard of 15 seconds. But city leaders point out that’s progress. Last summer, it was answering 36% of its 911 calls within the 15 seconds standard. This month, that increased to 51%.
By Candice Nguyen Verified, Sean Myers Verified, Michael Horn, Alex Bozovic| KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA) Verified Oakland’s 911 emergency call center is facing more oversight from state regulators amid the city’s yearslong failure to bring answering times down to the mandated standard. In an August 27 letter addressed to Oakland Police Department’s new police chief, Floyd Mitchell, California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Director Nancy Ward outlines increased monitoring of the city’s beleaguered 911 system.
By Candice Nguyen Verified, Sean Myers Verified, Jeremy Carroll Verified| KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA) Verified Exactly one year after Oakland leaders announced a $2.5 million investment to save the city’s failing 911 Emergency Call Center, average answer times remain the worst in California by a wide margin. State data shows, with an average answer time of 50 seconds, Oakland PD is more than triple the state standard of 15 seconds. But city leaders point out that’s progress. Last summer, it was answering 36% of its 911 calls within the 15 seconds standard. This month, that increased to 51%.
Company Info
KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA)