NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC) – Every year during the second full week of April, we celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, where we honor and thank our 911 dispatchers.
The Marquette County Central Dispatch is located in Negaunee township and the 15 employees there handle 911 calls for the county and other areas. They work 12-hour shifts and have continuing education for their careers…
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WWBT) – This week, the nation recognizes and celebrates its “unseen” first responders.
April 10-16 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, a celebration that comes as many emergency call centers face worker shortages.
There’s a significant need for 911 dispatchers across the metro area, which includes Henrico County.
“We are the first, first responder,” said Henrico Co. Emergency Communications Manager Alysa Morgan…
La Salle County Sheriff Adam Diss is bringing attention to National Telecommunicators Week from April 10-16.
The week has been designated as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week by the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials and recognized nationally by proclamations by several government entities.
Diss passed along the proclamation, which was accepted by the La Salle County Board…
PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–A call to 911 has become synonymous with help, hope, and even terror—as witnessed by the nation on Sept. 11, 2001, America’s darkest day in modern history.
A 911 operator is the most important person “that you will never meet,” retired 911 supervisor Sheryle Langmaid told the Epoch Times on April 5. “We are the first, first-responders.”
Langmaid said that 911 dispatchers do not get the same respect as “other heroes,” in that they are the silent partners of law enforcement, fire department, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS)…
For the first weekend of April, two of Emporia’s finest took a trip to Orlando, Florida. They weren’t there to go to Walt Disney World, however; they traveled to Central Florida for the Spring 2022 CALEA Conference.
Police Chief Ricky Pinksaw and Captain David Shidell were there to appear before a three-member panel of law enforcement professionals from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. Once it was over, the Emporia Police Department had not only retained its original accreditation for Law Enforcement, but also received a second endorsement for Communications…
