VAN BUREN — A project to build an emergency communication center in Crawford County got the money needed to continue to the next step at no extra cost to the taxpayers.
The Quorum Court approved using more than $1.03 million from the county’s American Rescue Plan fund for the new center at its meeting March 21.
Joanie Best, the county’s director of 911 communications, said Thursday the money will go to building an emergency communication center. The building is planned to be next to the Sheriff’s Office and jail…
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles dedicated to providing education to voters on the issues regarding Proposition A, the City of Kerrville’s bond election.
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The lifeline in almost every emergency in Kerrville begins with a 9-1-1 call to the Kerrville Police Department dispatch center, where caring and trained individuals will coordinate the help needed in both medical emergencies or when a law enforcement officer is requested.
KPD dispatchers are on duty 24 hours per day assisting citizens, but as the department has grown, technology has evolved and building has aged, regular challenges have emerged…
Emergency dispatchers are seldom seen by residents, but they can be a vital lifeline for sending help in people’s worst moments.
“I like being that nice voice of calm,” said Katie Spanski, a Clay Township dispatcher.
St. Clair County Central Dispatch Authority Director Tina Bricker agreed dispatchers are the “calm in the storm” and deserve recognition for being the first point of contact in an emergency.
“They have the patience and compassion while being yelled at from someone upset over what just happened to them or a panicked caller that is unable to state their location,” Bricker said in a written statement…
MONROE, CT — In a joint statement, First Selectman Ken Kellogg and Superintendent of Schools Joseph Kobza announced that construction of a communications tower, in a wooded area on the northern side of the former Chalk Hill School, will start as early as next week.
The project, proposed by ARX Wireless in late 2019, was presented and discussed at numerous public meetings, including meetings held by the Planning & Zoning Commission and Town Council, both of which approved the proposal…
CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Mother nature and maintenance issues disrupted radio traffic for the Cincinnati Police Department Thursday, but the issue still was not as bad as what officers dealt with in 2017, FOP President Sgt. Dan Hils explained.
“What happened last night was they did some system rollovers because they had to do maintenance from the damage to the storm,” Sgt. Hils said. “There was a transformer that blew up.”
Sgt. Hils says there were no system outages, just some delays in transferring calls from the city to the county call center as a backup…
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