As of 3:00, I haven't heard from one person who received a call from City Hall notifying them of the power outage that kncokced out power in Danbury and Bethel.
The city will soon launch a new phone alert system that's designed to notify Danbury residents of special meetings, road work, snow emergencies and other emergency or city-related information.
The system, which is called Connect-CTY and is managed by an outside service provider, will allow the city to notify neighborhoods in minutes or the entire city within 30 minutes.
The city uses a reverse 911 system, but it can take hours to alert residents, said Fire Chief Peter Siecienski.
"In light of events like Hurricane Katrina, we wanted a better, faster way to notify residents," he said.
Siecienski, who said Danbury is the first in the state to use such a system, pitched the idea of getting the new program, which costs about $75,000 a year. City officials were trained on the system Friday and plan to use it as soon as it's needed.
Now, unless I'm wrong here, based on this article, city officials were trained on this system last month therefore, it should be in effect now. Also, if I'm correct, a major power outage would be the kind of thing you would want to notify people about right?
If that's the case, what happened?
If you received (or didn't receive) a call from the new alert system, please post a comment.
UPDATE: I just called City Hall and it seems like they did use the system but again (and I'm being honest here) I nor any of my sources get a phone call. Seeing that I have about 30 contacts that I called throughout the week, you would think one of them would have received a call. Now, maybe it's because some of the people I know have unlisted numbers or block calling abilities on their phone...I don't know but, if you didn't get a call 1.) leave a comment in this post and 2.) call City Hall and let then know that you didn't get a ring.
A power outage is nothing compared to a real serious emergency and if something really bad goes down, you want to know about it. This goes double to all the seniors who read this site and didn't get notice as I'm real concerned that none of you guys got a ring from City Hall.
If your from Danbury and you did or didn't get a call, leave a comment here and let us know. If Boughton's system is broken, the only way it's going to get fixed is by feedback.
Call City Hall andhave them explain why you didn't get an alert message. At 75,000 per year, you should want to know what happened.
UPDATE 2: Okay, it's 3:40 and I talked to every person I know and not one received a phone call.
If you received (or didn't receive) a call today, please let us know by dropping a comment. If you have an alert message on your answering machine, save it and send an email to hatcityblog@yahoo.com.
UPDATE 3:This would make a great News-Times online poll (hint).
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
As of 3:00, I haven't heard from one person who received a call from City Hall notifying them of the power outage that kncokced out power in Danbury and Bethel.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
