Pierre Mayor Steve Harding marked April 10-16 as Telecommunications Week with a proclamation and highlighted the city’s dispatchers at the South Dakota Communications Center.
“The dispatch unit, they are such an intricate part of law enforcement in the community,” Harding told the commission. “And they deal with a lot of tense situations throughout our community. They dispatch not only for Pierre but for Stanley County, Hughes County, and I think five different counties.”
Communications Supervisor Cindy Gross said dispatchers handle 911 calls for five counties — Hughes, Stanley, Hyde, Sully and Jones. The center also services 19 counties for the South Dakota Highway Patrol and assists the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks department… READ MORE
