Miller County officials are now using the county’s new 911 emergency communications equipment at the Miller County Sheriff’s Office.
“We are excited to finally have it up and running,” Miller County Judge Cathy Hardin Harrison said Tuesday. “It was installed in December but we have had dispatchers training on it since then,” she said.
The Miller County Office of Emergency Management oversees the county’s emergency communications…
WASHINGTON TWP., MONTGOMERY COUNTY — A woman jailed on several charges of abusing 9-1-1 has called emergency dispatchers 79 times since early November, Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck said.
Rachel Weimer, 36, faces seven counts of abuse of 9-1-1 and other charges including; false alarm, phone threats/harassment, aggravated menacing and resisting, according to Kettering Municipal Court records…
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — Arapahoe County dispatchers are teaching first graders what to do when calling 911.
On Monday, dispatchers went to Trails West Elementary School to kick off their 911 outreach effort for kids.
“We’re trying to get out into the schools to teach kids…we’re not mean, we’re here to help,” said Nate Treusch, communications supervisor for…
NEW ORLEANS — The first report of an aggressive flasher stalking the Marigny and Bywater came two days before Christmas. A woman was walking her dog in front of her home when a 27-year-old drifter approached her.
“Then I looked up and he was standing in front of my house and staring at me,” said Emily, who requested that her last name be withheld for her safety. “I noticed he was masturbating pretty aggressively.”
[…] New Orleans Police Department, the police investigation into his pattern of behavior was hampered by the cyber-attack on the city…
PERRYSBURG — Owens Community College has given its police department dispatchers a pay increase and also has built in a lump sum payment for three years.
At its December meeting, the board of trustees approved an hourly rate of $14 for the five Fraternal Order of Police dispatchers.
Base pay used to be $12.35, said Jason Griffin, director of marketing and communications at Owens.
The union had asked….
