Last week the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office recognized dispatching personnel from VPSO and the Vernon E-911 Communications Office.
VPSO provided lunch to these dispatchers in observance of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week.
These individuals receive specialized training and have an extremely difficult job. More often than not they deal with life threatening emergency situations.
As a result of their intensive training they are able to assist citizens until medical personnel and deputies arrive on the scene…
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – Police departments in Southern Arizona aren’t the only ones seeing a staffing shortage, Pima County is also in need of 911 dispatchers.
”We’re those first, first responders so when somebody has an emergency and they need law enforcement or medical help, they dial 911, we’re the ones that pick up that line,” said Amanda Rosano, dispatch supervisor for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department…
CLEVELAND — An officer and a 911 dispatcher have both been fired from the Cleveland Division of Police following separate investigations into their conduct on and off the job, respectively. Sgt. Christopher Graham, a 25-year veteran of the force, was let go following a disciplinary hearing regarding an arrest he…
INDIANAPOLIS — A Marion County 911 dispatcher, several months into the job, answered the call to help keep a FedEx employee safe during the mayhem of the mass shooting at the facility on April 15.
The employee, Amber Casares, reached out to FOX59 to ask for assistance to meet the dispatcher, Angela Marriner. Eight days after the shooting, as Angela began her shift at the Marion County 911 Center, the two finally met in person… fox59.com
CHICAGO (WLS) — The Archer Heights community celebrated two of its own Saturday, honoring Guadalupe and Maria Lopez by renaming a street after the couple who both lost their battles to COVID-19 last year.
“It feels good to feel a sense of community, just to have everybody here, you know,” said the couple’s son, Richie Lopez.
Richie and his brother Andy Lopez were joined by neighbors and the Archer Manor Little League during the honorary dedication…
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.
