Chicago honors 911 dispatchers working night Officer Ella French was killed (IL)

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CHICAGO (WLS) — Some of Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications staff were honored for their extraordinary work Monday – including the dispatchers who were on the police radio when two officers were shot in August. Keith Thornton Jr. heard the 10-1 call meaning an officer needs help. “Number one priority is officer safety and when I heard those two officers were down I wanted those officers to the hospital right away,” Thornton said.

Thornton said his years of experience as a volunteer firefighter and a police officer prepared him for that moment… READ MORE