The Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) is now providing preparedness in the palm of your hand with the NEW Chicago OEMC App.
Beginning Feb. 8, the Edmonds Police Department will launch a new program to update 911 callers and crime victims about their incidents. The process involves sending fully automated yet customized texts or emails with the latest information about the case. They will also receive a survey to gather feedback on their experience.
MANCHESTER — It’s been several months, but Manchester-by-the-Sea Police continue to transition to a new system of handling emergency calls.
Kathy Knudsen has returned to Concordia in a job she loves, and brought almost 24 years of experience with her.
Knudsen, the new dispatch supervisor at the Concordia Police Department, began her career in Concordia in 1999. After five years she went to work with the Kansas Highway Patrol, where she stayed for almost 19 years. She has now returned to Concordia to be closer to her family and to work again with Police Chief Brent Gering. Gering and Knudsen worked together in the Concordia PD from 1999-2001, when Gering was an officer.
After D.C. officials said they were undertaking a nationwide search for a new leader for the city’s mistake-prone 911 call-taking center, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced Friday that she is promoting the center’s deputy director, Heather McGaffin, to the top job.
