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Having to call 911 is rarely for pleasant circumstances, though Lapeer County Central Dispatch did recently take a light-hearted call from a resident in Hadley Township to report a kangaroo was hopping around the area of Green Corners Cemetery — not the typical type of call they’re used to receiving.

Sadly, yet importantly, our top-notch emergency dispatchers are trained and capable to handle all sorts of tragic incidents that require a multi-agency response — from the March 21 mobile home fire in Dryden that claimed four lives, to the Nov. 30, 2021 call for help from Oakland County authorities to send Lapeer County emergency personnel to a mass-casualty shooting at Oxford High School…