Brunswick police’s first communications officer retires after 35 years (ME)

Brunswick police’s first communications officer retires after 35 years (ME)

by | Jan 26, 2022 | Comm Center News

Sonia Moeller Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Police Department

Sonia Moeller, the Brunswick Police Department’s first communications officer, retired Tuesday after 35 years serving the community as a 911 dispatcher.

For more than three decades, Moeller’s voice is what Brunswick residents heard when they called 911. She, alongside her fellow dispatchers, was responsible for sending callers whatever emergency services they needed and keeping the caller calm before help arrived…

Quicker response times, less headache for dispatchers, with opening of Greenfield Ambulance (NY)

Quicker response times, less headache for dispatchers, with opening of Greenfield Ambulance (NY)

by | Jan 26, 2022 | Comm Center News

From left: Paramedics Elmer Santiago and Ken Brooks and EMTs Tiffany Lucia and Jordan Beadnell join recently retired Greenfield Supervisor Daniel Pemrick and current Greenfield Supervisor Kevin Veitch outside the new Greenfield Ambulance building on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.

GREENFIELD — Residents in Greenfield are benefitting from the town’s investment in Greenfield Ambulance, a partnership with Corinth EMS that has resulted in quicker response times by the ambulance company, town officials said Tuesday.

Greenfield Ambulance, headquartered at 14 S. Greenfield Road, is a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, shared services partnership with Corinth EMS. The renovated building opened New Year’s Day and is staffed at all times with an emergency medical technician and paramedic, with both an ambulance and a first response vehicle…

Senior Police Telecommunicator uses her passion to encourage, uplift Houston area officers (TX)

Senior Police Telecommunicator uses her passion to encourage, uplift Houston area officers (TX)

by | Jan 26, 2022 | Comm Center News

HOUSTON – It’s been a tough week for our men and women in blue in Houston and Harris County.

A senior police telecommunicator at the Houston Emergency Center is helping make a difference in officers’ daily routines and encouraging them in a special way.

“Good morning Westside unit,” Leticia Terrell said to officers who were being dispatched to calls of service.

That’s the voice of Sr. Police Telecommunicator Terrell.

“I dispatch the officers. I’m the voice in the car,” Terrell said…

OREGON CITIES WEIGH CONSOLIDATING 9-1-1 DISPATCH CENTERS

OREGON CITIES WEIGH CONSOLIDATING 9-1-1 DISPATCH CENTERS

by | Jan 26, 2022 | Comm Center News

(TNS) — After more than 20 years of on-and-off discussions about consolidation, Astoria and Seaside are evaluating whether to combine emergency dispatch centers.

Sheriff Matt Phillips said the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office has strongly supported the concept for years and believes a single countywide 911 dispatch center would be in the best interests of the public and emergency responders.

Staffing shortages at Astoria’s dispatch center reached a critical point last fall, prompting the city to temporarily move operations to Seaside…

Rocky Hill Police first in state to launch public safety app (CT)

Rocky Hill Police first in state to launch public safety app (CT)

by | Jan 26, 2022 | Comm Center News

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) – The Rocky Hill Police Department launched a new mobile app to improve communications with residents. It’s the first department in Connecticut to use the public safety app called Atlas 1.

If there is a crime in Rocky Hill, there’s now an app that will tell residents about it.

“You don’t have to search for the information, the information finds you,” Rocky Hill Police Sgt. Steve Morgan said…