The Mobile County Communications District board voted 6-1 to suspend 911 director Charlie McNichol for 90 days without pay after his DUI arrest in Daphne, also revoking his county vehicle privileges and a prior pay raise.
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Mobile, Baldwin County 911 Centers Now Flag Homes of COVID-19 Patients for Responders
Mobile and Baldwin County 911 officials say they are flagging the addresses of confirmed COVID-19 patients in dispatch systems so police, firefighters and medics can take precautions, a practice its director defends despite privacy concerns.
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Mobile County 911 Director Pleads Guilty to Public Intoxication in Spanish Fort Case
Mobile County 911 Director Charlie McNichol pleaded guilty to public intoxication in Spanish Fort Municipal Court, nearly a year after his 2018 arrest, under a deal that could see the charge dismissed next spring.
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Mobile County 911 Director Not Charged With DUI After Spanish Fort Public Intoxication Arrest
Mobile County 911 Director Charlie McNichol was arrested for public intoxication after his county vehicle was found stopped on a Spanish Fort highway, but was not charged with DUI, and the 911 board says it has no plans to take action against him.
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Wind-Test Failures Threaten to Further Delay Mobile County’s $40 Million 911 Radio Overhaul
Mobile County’s $40 million 911 radio system faces further delays after officials discovered microwave dishes on the network’s towers can’t withstand hurricane-force winds, compounding an ongoing land-access dispute in Theodore.
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Mobile County, 911 Board Spar Over $2.4 Million in Radio Equipment ‘Never Used by Anybody’
Mobile County and the 911 board are wrangling over a $770,000 refund tied to a $3.2 million Harris Corporation radio project whose equipment was never actually put into use.
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Mobile County 911 Board Pledges to Buy EMA’s Aging McGregor Avenue Building
The Mobile County 911 Board has agreed to purchase the county EMA’s decades-old McGregor Avenue facility, a move meant to help finance a long-planned new Emergency Operations Center nearby.
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Mobile County Landline 911 Fee Jumps Nearly 400 Percent, but Officials Call It Temporary
Mobile County landline customers will see their monthly 911 surcharge jump from $1.24 to $4.75 through September, a temporary increase county officials say is needed before the state takes over 911 fee collection statewide.