by ECC Editor | Jun 5, 2020 | Comm Center News
Work on the new home of the Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office is nearing completion, though Sheriff Timothy Carter said on Tuesday that some fine-tuning still needs to be done before the agency can begin moving into its new headquarters located on North Main Street in Woodstock.
Carter said Tuesday that it was his understanding that the project’s general contractor, Lantz Construction, of Winchester, was planning to apply for a temporary occupancy permit this week … READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 5, 2020 | Comm Center News
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Mary Kackley, the longtime director of Berkeley County’s 911 emergency communications center, has notified the county of her plans to retire after more than 40 years with the county.
Kackley, who began working for the county in January 1978, made her retirement effective Dec. 31, according to county records.
Berkeley County Administrator Alan Davis advised the Berkeley County Council on Thursday that he had… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 5, 2020 | Comm Center News
VAN WERT – After over 30 years of service, Dispatcher Rickey L. Spoor retired from the Van Wert Police Department Thursday.
In 1989, Spoor was hired as a reserve officer and in September of 1990, he became a full-time dispatcher with the department. During his years of service, Spoor has been a knowledgeable, dependable, caring and proficient dispatcher. He has always been the type of person that the officers and the citizens of Van Wert could depend on to get them through some very difficult… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 5, 2020 | Comm Center News
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — A social media post made by a St. Louis City 9-1-1 dispatcher has tensions high, after she criticized protesters and the hours she has to work as a result.
The female employee, who News 4 has decided at this time not to name, complained on Facebook about having to now work 12 hour shifts because of recent protests. She went on to call protesters “a bunch of animals,” and said her life has been turned upside down… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 4, 2020 | Comm Center News
New York City’s long-promised interim 911 texting system went live Tuesday morning, THE CITY has learned, though officials aren’t advertising it amid ongoing protests and unrest over the death of George Floyd.
The de Blasio administration initially vowed to have the technology — intended to primarily serve deaf or hard of hearing people, and domestic violence victims who need to surreptitiously seek help — ready by “early 2018… READ MORE
