Emergency response officials met in Grand Island, Nebraska, to discuss the impact “next-generation 911” will have on the AMBER Alert program and other public safety issues. The October 10 meeting included discussions about how the new 911 will need to be able to receive text messages, photos, video and VOIP or Voice over Internet Protocol.
Officials said dispatchers would need additional training to handle the new applications. They added that the advanced 911 would help provide a description of a child and distribute a photo to the public and to electronic highway signs during an AMBER Alert.