WALTON HILLS, Ohio (WJW) — An emergency call center in Northeast Ohio is soon getting the small-screen treatment.
The new documentary-style show “911 Crisis Center,” coming to Oxygen starting Nov. 6, features Chagrin Valley area dispatchers as they navigate emergency calls from around the region.
In a fresh trailer for the show, which can be viewed right here, one dispatcher says, “We are helping people in the worst moments of their lives.” While another adds, “When we answer, it could be the difference between life and death…
JENKS, Oklahoma – The City of Jenks is honoring a newly-retired city employee for 46 years of service.
“Therefore I, Cory Box, Mayor of Jenks do hereby proclaim October 16th in the City of Jenks as ‘James Bruce Parker’ day,” Box said.
News On 6 first shared about Bruce Parker last week.
He was hired as a 911 dispatcher in 1975, a year after graduating high school. Parker retired Sunday, making him the longest serving dispatcher in the city’s history… READ MORE
ABBEVILLE, Ala. (WTVY) – The Abbeville Police Department is still working through changes after recently moving their dispatch center. However, they want to make sure the community knows the department is still there to serve.
“There’s a lot of people that here in Abbeville that are used to being able to come into city hall 24/7 the doors are always open dispatch was here so even if we aren’t here as far as administration of the police department or anything else there was always a face here to walk up to and speak to.”
Abbeville City Hall is no longer open 24/7, their lobby doors now closing each day at 5. Residents, though, can still contact their police station, the process is just slightly different…
County Council President Tom Hucker and Council Vice President Gabe Albornoz introduced a bill Tuesday that would create a property tax credit for full-time first responders in Montgomery County.
Eligible Montgomery County sworn police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and public safety emergency communications specialists could receive up to $2,500 in annual credit, according to the bill. The property owned by the employee must be their principal residence…
Lexington, SC 10/19/2021 – A team of Assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®) will conduct a virtual assessment beginning Nov. 1, 2021 through Nov. 2, 2021, to examine all aspects of the Lexington County Communications Center’s directives and procedures, management, operations and support services. The Lexington County Communications Center is scheduled for a virtual assessment as part of a program to achieve re-accreditation by verifying that it meets professional standards.
Administered by CALEA®, the accreditation program requires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in seven topic areas: Organization, Direction and Authority, Human Resources, Recruitment and Selection, Training, Operations and Critical Incidents, Special Operations and Homeland Security, in order to maintain accredited status…
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.
