Friday, Sept. 24, was the last day on shift for Barrow County E-911 communications officer Johnny Savage. After more than 27 years of service in the public safety field, he has decided it is time to retire.
Savage began his public safety career in 1994, when he started volunteering with Oconee County Fire Rescue. In his 23 years with them, he worked his way through the ranks and was even assistant fire chief at one point in his career.
Savage came to Barrow County Emergency Services in 2002 when he joined the Barrow County E-911 Center. He started as a full-time communications officer and was promoted to supervisor later in his career. Throughout his time at BCES, he has witnessed many changes in leadership and the operations in the 911 Center; he has evolved through each change to “continue to provide the best quality of service to the citizens of Barrow County,” BCES officials said…
Washington County’s E-911 department and E-911 Director Kristi Stamnes are attaining recognition on a nationwide level.
Stamnes recently served as a committee member to help organize this year’s Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Conference, held last month in San Antonio. The conference had over 4,500 people in attendance and represented all 50 states, as well as the countries of Canada, Great Britain, Jamaica and Australia.
Stamnes said she was honored and humbled to take on a leadership role for the event…
ST. LOUIS — Union officials and some St. Louis aldermen complained Tuesday about their lack of input into the city’s plan to combine the city police, fire and EMS 911 call centers this fall.
Mayor Tishaura O. Jones in late August announced plans to combine three emergency call centers in an attempt to alleviate understaffing and 911 delays that have been at the center of local media reports for months.
Alderman Joseph Vaccaro, 23rd Ward, said in a meeting of the aldermanic public safety committee Tuesday that he was upset that the mayor’s administration had not yet consulted aldermen about the plans and did not make police officials available for the Tuesday meeting when asked…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that its Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), part of the department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), had awarded nearly $187 million to support public safety and community justice activities.
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) were provided to state, local and tribal organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands…
Friends, family, and coworkers are honoring the life and legacy of Broken Arrow dispatcher David Weisberg.
A memorial with flowers, pictures, and candles is set up to honor him after he died from COVID-19 complications last week. A burning memorial candle, Oklahoma Sooners decor, sympathy flowers and cards, and pictures of 22 years of dispatch all cover a desk in Broken Arrow.
“If you have ever called for an ambulance, the police, the non-emergency number, you have probably spoken with David and so some point in time, he has helped you from behind the scenes,” said Broken Arrow Police Chief Brandon Berryhill.
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