All california incident page network

[DigitalJeff]

Im starting to beleave that IPN here in calif is a waste of time having the service. due to the fact that so many incidents get missed here whats problem nobody care's anymore or what. sorry im venting but this is a large problem.we need more dispatcher here come on people lets get involved

[antfreq]

With all due respect, when a service no longer has a customer base or fails to obtain one, it often means the service is either obsolete, unnecessary or incompetent.

Additionally, you did not provide a link or any "positive" aspects of IPN. The only thing expressed was negativity which is not appealing. I know you're venting, but if you want to attract people, you gotta sell the product.

[DigitalJeff]

well here's the website :: IPN :: Nationwide Fire & Police Incident Notification well i was not trying to be negative about IPN but if we had more dispatcher here in calif we would not be missing so many incidents it seem's that we have more outside the state dispatcher using scanner feeds who are sending out calif incidents and sometimes the info they send out can be wrong at times so if we had more dispatcher or members in calif that would be better

[karldotcom]

I get most my info free on Twitter these dayz!

[antfreq]

Originally Posted by karldotcom

I get most my info free on Twitter these dayz!

Hence the reason I created @scansacramento http://www.scansacramento.com

[zz0468]

Well, you convinced me!

I want nothing to do with this 'service'.

[RolnCode3]

Originally Posted by karldotcom

I get most my info free on Twitter these dayz!

Yup. Same here.

[gmclam]

Originally Posted by DigitalJeff

we need more dispatcher here come on people lets get involved

What is in it for the people who "dispatch"?

[DigitalJeff]

Well you get points to dispatch incidents out and points can very depending on the incidents they can be used for gift cards all the way up to digital scanners and if you can put out a min of 3 incident per week they give you service per month for free

[trooperdude]

Twitter has made these services largely irrelevant, especially since you have to get one of their pagers to receive info. with a monthly fee.

Twitter allows you to use any wireless appliance to receive, and is also near real-time.

[DigitalJeff]

You dont have to get one of there pager's i use my own cell phone to receive incident page's as a text or if you have a e-mail address linked to your phone.

[CODE3AROLLIN]

Why bad mouth IPN im a current Dispatcher for the service and its a great service we my lack dispatcher here in calif but Thats know reason to say negative things About IPN.I only became a member of RR to put my 2 cents in.I also think RR is a great service for radio info

[landonjensen]

Question to thread starter, What area of CA are you in? I know the LA area (LAX Chapter on IPN) gets covered very well, as I am a LA dispatcher..... Actively, I think we have around 10 ACTIVE constantly dispatchers... I agree about twitter being good as well. I use twitter and IPN, and usually get notified about everything.. I subscribe to the following on twitter:

Twitter.com/lacfd
Twitter.com/LAFD
Twitter.com/CAFirePage

[DigitalJeff]

Im in san bernardino its rare to get page's and when I do they are paged outside the state from dispatchers using scanner feeds and Sometimes the info is not correct.i would become a dispatcher myself but i dont have any extra time to do it