In the midst of what is inevitably one of the busiest nights of the year for law enforcement, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department computer dispatch system crashed, leaving them to handle ...

LOS ANGELES — A few hours before the ball dropped on New Year's Eve, the computer dispatch system for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department crashed, rendering all patrol car computers nearly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The L.A. County Sheriff's computer dispatch system went down on New Year's Eve. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) A few hours ...

The failure of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s computer-aided dispatch system in its vehicles had left deputies to resort to old methods as they responded to calls. By Kate Christobek After ...

-- Dec. 24--Following a request by the union representing the bulk of the county's police officers, the county will suspend its new computer-aided dispatch system -- at least temporarily. (Anne ...

Since Tuesday night, Dec. 31, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been manually tracking and responding to calls for service, using only their radios, phones, pen and notepad, after the ...

Orlando officials hope the city's new $1.5 million, computer-aided dispatch system will improve response times for first responders. Orlando Fire Department dispatcher Pamala Monroe typed in the ...

BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (WNDU) - First responders in Berrien County are getting support with a new computer-aided dispatch system. According to our reporting partners at The Herald-Palladium, this is ...

An ongoing glitch in Baltimore City’s computer-aided dispatch system occurred when police called for medical assistance for an unresponsive man in police custody, who later died. On June 24, a man who ...

A few hours before the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve, the computer dispatch system for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department crashed, rendering all patrol car computers nearly useless and ...