When Perry Polinski started in his emergency dispatcher’s job in January of 1981, the position was referred to as a “communications operator.”
Mr. Polinski and others worked out of the first floor, bunched in with other services at the Evanston Police Department, located at 1454 Elmwood Ave. Back then, on calls for emergency service, all residents had was basic 911, which simply routed any 911 emergency call from Evanston to the Police Department… READ MORE
