Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell recently announced a series of improvements for the city’s 911 system blamed for slow response in the minutes before the pipe-bomb explosion at the Olympic Games last July that includes filling vacant positions, providing more overtime and increasing training for operators and officers. Announcing the moves at a Dec. 31 press conference, Campbell acted in response to recommendations made by an independent task force he had impaneled after the July 27 bombing to look into problems with the $37-million communications center that is the heart of the enhanced 911 system. |
