BLUE RIDGE, Ga – Commissioners approved moving dispatch to fall under the sheriff’s office at the June 8 meeting to go into effect July 1, 2021.
Chairman Jamie Hensley detailed how other counties operate dispatch. At a public safety case, he learned that Fannin was one of the only counties in the state where dispatch fell under the EMA, not the sheriff. ACCG recommended that the sheriff’s office oversees dispatch and Fannin’s dispatch used to fall under the sheriff.
According to Hensley, EMA Director Robert Graham, Sheriff Dane Kirby, and EMA/911 Deputy Director Patrick Cooke are fine with the change…
Kyra Lamb worked for Manatee County Emergency Communications, Florida, as a dispatcher for five years before becoming the 9-1-1 Database Coordinator, which still includes actively taking 9-1-1 calls. She was nominated by her agency to be featured by the APCO Young Professionals Committee for being a “spark plug” and always giving 110% in her performance. While working as a call taker she had a thirst for knowledge, taking on extra duties such as addressing, maintaining CAD information, and other databases. This made her the most qualified candidate for Manatee County’s 9-1-1 Database Coordinator. While learning all of this, she was also studying for the NENA ENP Exam, which she passed…
(Updated at 10:35 a.m.) A public-records request sheds light on how the Arlington County Police Department justified a change to what the public can hear via police radio channels.
The Freedom of Information Act inquiry by ARLnow uncovered documents about the department’s March change to encrypt more radio chatter. The documents cited safety and security concerns, including some related to last summer’s police reform protests and the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Whereas the public — including news outlets like ARLnow and local TV stations — used to be able to hear more details about a police incident in progress in Arlington, now in most circumstances only the initial dispatch and basic information from the scene can be heard…
On Monday June 1, 2021, Cheri Bennett started as a 911 Dispatcher for the Coos Bay Police Department.
Bennett was born and raised in the Coos Bay / North Bend area and is a proud graduate of Marshfield High School. Further, Bennett has an Associates’ Degree from Southwestern Oregon Community College. She was most recently employed by Bay Cities Ambulance as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher and had worked there since 2015.
Bennett is married and has three children. Bennett enjoys camping and spending time with her family…
For a temporary interim, the Tehama County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center will be closed between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. Emergency calls for service that would otherwise be handled by sheriff’s dispatch during those hours will be rerouted to the Red Bluff Police Department Dispatch Center, reported Tehama County Sheriff Dave Hencratt.
The move took effect Sunday, June 6, and on Tuesday, the Tehama County Board of Supervisors approved unanimously a resolution which allows the transfer of $15,000 to fund Red Bluff police dispatch services’ increased call volume due to the part-time closure of sheriff’s dispatch through the end of June, and an additional $60,000 to pay the costs from July through September…
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