Within two weeks, local residents will be able to text the county’s two 911 dispatch centers to report emergencies, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said.
The Text-to-911 service is set to go into effect on Monday, May 18, allowing residents and visitors to text communications officers at both the Sheriff’s Office and Nogales Police Department.
The service is meant as secondary option to be used only when a person …
Tomball firefighters were able to pull a man out of a window Monday night as his garage apartment was engulfed in flames, saving his life, a Tomball Fire Department news release stated.
Tomball Fire Chief Randy Parr said the successful outcome of the incident was due to a combination of the police dispatcher keeping the victim calm and a quick response from the fire crews from Fire Station 5, just four blocks away from the scene…
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony announced the death of public safety communications operator Nikima Thompson from COVID-19. [Video]
ROBERTSON COUNTY: (Smokey Barn News) – Following the resignation of Hope Petersen back in January, (full story) the Robertson County 911 Dispatch Center in Springfield has named a new Director.
Peterson joined the 911 call center as the director back on May 1st, 2014. Peterson followed Elvis Wilson who retired after 41 years in public service…
An emergency services dispatcher in Cincinnati has been suspended after being accused of failing to send help for a man suffering a stroke that proved fatal.
The shocking incident was revealed this week in a letter by Cincinnati City Manager Patrick A. Duhaney, informing the mayor and city council of the serious breach in procedure…
