A dispatcher received a call for a large pizza but quickly realized the woman was really calling about domestic abuse.
When an Ohio police dispatcher picked up the phone for a 911 call, only to hear a woman asking for a pizza, he thought it was a wrong number.
“You called 911 to order a pizza?” the dispatcher, Tim Teneyck, asked, according to NBC News…
ALBANY, NY (WRGB) – This Albany emergency dispatcher, who we are keeping anonymous, has been on the job for the last few years.
He says helping callers deal with trauma daily, comes with lasting impact on the mental health of operators.
“Your friends and family members don’t necessarily understand what you go through or what you listen to so it’s hard to talk about it,” he said…
MANSFIELD – The Richland County commissioners started the final phase of a plan to improve communication for public safety services in the county.
The board voted Thursday to hire Hull Inc. of Newark to do site studies, design work and construction plans for a Multi-Agency Radio Communications System (MARCS) communications tower in Lucas…
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TUSCON, Ariz. — A police department trying to summon help for a woman in cardiac arrest called twice and spent more than four minutes on hold with Tucson’s 911 center before someone answered the call, a report from the center’s interim 911 director said.
The lapse in service during the medical call from Marana occurred two weeks before the director of Tucson’s 911 suddenly quit her $175,000 position after 14 months on the job, public records show…
