Louisville, KY. (September 14, 2021) – On Thursday, September 9th, the Kentucky Emergency Services Conference held its annual awards banquet in Louisville to honor emergency service personnel from across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police, Post 1 communications center was recognized as the 2021 “PSAP of the Year”. PSAP or Public Safety Answering Point is more commonly known as a 911 communications center. The 911 center at Post 1 in Hickory serves as the PSAP for agencies in Ballard, Graves, Hickman, and Lyon Counties. Aside from dispatching for the Kentucky State Police, Post 1 is the primary dispatch center for all emergency services in Graves and Lyon Counties including their municipal departments. In 2020 the 911 center in Hickory answered nearly 26,000 9-1-1 calls and 75,000 non-emergency calls in addition to delivering and receiving hundreds of thousands of radio transmissions… READ MORE
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