Former Cassia County Sheriff dispatcher, Donna Hedley, has recently been
diagnosed stage 4 Brain Cancer. Donna has gone through Breast Cancer
already and a few weeks ago she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Brain Cancer.
Her family has opened a Go Fund Me account and would love any financial
aid to help her during the time that she’s getting chemo. She is unable
to drive at the moment, so she is having to find people to drive her to
her doctor’s appointments. It is hard for her family to do much for her
since they live across the country from her. Financial aid or any other
help would be greatly appreciated.
WASHINGTON –Friday, August 9, 2019, the U.S.
Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Transportation
announced more than $109 million in grants to 34 states and two tribal
nations as part of the 911 Grant Program, which will help 911 call
centers upgrade to Next Generation 911 capabilities.
The funding
will power basic improvements such as providing digital and IP network
capabilities to 911 emergency call centers and will assist the
implementation of advanced mapping systems that will make it easier to
identify a 911 caller’s location. NG911 will help 911 call centers
manage call overload, as call-takers will be able to transfer calls,
messages, and data between public safety answering points that are
interconnected to the IP network. The 911 Grant Program also provides
funding for training costs directly related to NG911 implementation.
A former Valley County dispatcher says she was targeted and ultimately fired from her job after discovering that her supervisor was falsifying her own time cards.
Author: KTVB Staff
Published: 2:45 PM MDT August 9, 2019
Updated: 2:45 PM MDT August 9, 2019
CASCADE, Valley County — A former Valley County dispatcher says she was targeted and ultimately fired from her job after discovering that her supervisor was falsifying her own time cards.
Jennifer Giambo filed the lawsuit July 15 against the county, Valley County Sheriff Patti Bolen and sheriff’s office employees Capt. Jason Speer and Sgt. Kelly Copperi.
GeoComm is excited to announce their public safety mapping software solutions are being utilized in Baltimore County, Maryland’s 9-1-1 Center. APCO 2019 Conference attendees can see this software on display and get an inside look at Baltimore County’s 9-1-1 Center by participating in their APCO 2019 Conference Emergency Call Center (ECC) tour on Monday, August 12.
DAYTON — As a shooter opened fire in a busy Oregon District, killing nine and injuring 37 others, officers ran to take him down. Behind the scenes, dispatchers began taking calls from people panicking about what they were seeing.
“It’s their calming voice on the other end of the phone or the other end of the radio…that helps everybody get through,” said Capt. Jay Wheeler, commander of the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center, which fields calls for Dayton and several other surrounding cities and townships.
Wheeler said it was a female dispatcher who heard the officers call out reports that the shooter was opening fire on innocent people in the busy entertainment district.
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
