by ECC Editor | Jul 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
GREENWICH — A police officer who specialized in communications and who helped to implement the town’s 911 emergency dispatcher center has retired after a 32-year career in law enforcement.
Officer Gerald “Terry” Fitzgerald, who retired earlier this month, was tasked with implementing new advances to the Greenwich Police Department’s emergency communications network in 2010. According to the department, Fitzgerald was designated the communications officer and assigned responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the emergency radio system. He also maintained the components and equipment in the town’s E-911 Communications Center. The retired officer was also a field training officer, honor guard team member and emergency medical technician… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jul 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Shawnee County Communications is hiring!
They will hold a dispatcher hiring event Friday, July 16th at the Law Enforcement Center located at 320 S. Kansas Ave.
The family-friendly event will run from 5-8 p.m. and include food trucks and live entertainment.
Personnel and vehicles from the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, Topeka Police Department, and Topeka Fire Department will also be on hand to answer any questions.
They will have interviews and typing tests for those interested in becoming a dispatcher. Those that pass will be given a tour of the facility… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jul 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
All Beltrami County Communications Officers have been trained and certified in Telephone CPR (referred to as TCPR) enhancing their instruction prior to the arrival of first responders and medical services. The training provided the skills to rapidly detect the need for CPR and how to instruct citizens in performing CPR. Legislation in 2019 required Minnesota Public Safety Answering Points (911 centers) to establish a protocol by July 1st, 2021 to provide a minimum level of instruction for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when callers who are not trained in CPR are reporting an out of hospital cardiac arrest.
While Beltrami County’s 911 Center has provided pre-arrival instruction for years, TCPR has established a protocol that is consistent for all 911 centers in the state… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jul 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
BEATRICE – Richardson County in southeast Nebraska is becoming a member of the Southeast Communications 911 Dispatch service area.
The Beatrice City Council approved a plan for the computer-aided dispatch center based at the Beatrice Police Department to serve the county located in the southeast corner of the state. Richardson County will pay a fee of $180,000 in the first year of a three-year agreement, approved on a 6-0 vote by the council.
Chief of Beatrice Police, Bruce Lang says the arrangement should be mutually beneficial. He says Richardson County benefits by getting good service and being able to share resources that might not otherwise be affordable. He also says it allows the Beatrice center to have more staff to handle things like major emergencies…. READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jul 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
RAPID CITY, S.D. — If you’ve ever considered a career in law enforcement and public safety, there’s no better time to make the jump.
A job fair will be held at the Pennington County Administration Building this Thursday, July 8 from three to seven p-m. Reps from the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, Rapid City Police and Pennington County 9-1-1 will be on hand to meet with those interested. Mari brooks, the Training Supervisor for Pennington County 9-1-1 says that it makes sense to consolidate the agencies into one job fair — so people can get all they information they need in one place… READ MORE
