Dispatch officers are used to getting all types of calls, ranging anywhere from a car crash to a house fire.
However, if you ask anyone of them who worked on Monday, March 27, that day will never compare to anything they have ever experienced.
A dispatcher with the Austin Police Department was able to lead officers to the scene of a homicide by using the sound of the officer’s voices becoming louder on a 911 call, according to a Travis County murder affidavit.
Governor Josh Shapiro wants to invest in Pennsylvania’s 9-1-1 emergency dispatch system, firefighters, and emergency medical services (EMS) providers. The Governor’s budget would invest over $50 million in county 9-1-1 systems and devote $36 million for equipment, training, and staffing needs for firefighters and EMS providers.
In May 2022, Las Vegas 911 dispatcher, Salina Freeman, received a call she says she will never forget.
It was from a desperate mother who said she was having a psychotic breakdown and was thinking of harming her 1-year-old daughter.
When there’s an emergency, Hamilton County 911 Telecommunicator Advanced Tracy Boyd is one of the first people to respond.
