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 AllThingsECC.com | Jun 5, 2020 | Comm Center News
PHOENIX — The technology around your wrist could play a role in a matter of life or death.
On April 23, the Chandler Police Department’s Communications Center received a 911 call from a computer-enhanced voice indicating an Apple Watch user had fallen and was not responding.
The voice provided near-exact latitude and longitude coordinates of the man’s location to first responders…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 5, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
As board member for the First Responder Network Authority, former Hennepin County Sheriff Richard W. Stanek is bringing to a national audience his commitment to public safety excellence and innovation that characterized his tenure as sheriff for the largest county in Minnesota.
Stanek, who retired in 2018 after a career of serving the public, served as a legislator in the Minnesota House of Representatives and helped lead the Minneapolis Police Department as commander. But his tireless efforts at bringing pragmatic solutions to the force he steered and served as Hennepin County Sheriff from 2007 and 2018…
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 AllThingsECC.com | Jun 5, 2020 | Comm Center News
TUCSON, Ariz. — According to City Manager Michael Ortega, 17 workers at a Tucson 911 dispatch center have tested positive for coronavirus.
Ortega confirmed the infections at the Public Safety Communications Department in Wednesday email.
TUCSON, Ariz. — According to City Manager Michael Ortega, 17 workers at a Tucson 911 dispatch center have tested positive for coronavirus.
Ortega confirmed the infections at the Public Safety Communications Department in Wednesday email.
City spokesman Andy Squire said that services would not be disrupted by the infections.
Squire said call center employees had been cross-trained to help prepare for workforce shortages, and said the training is continuing…
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
