by ECC Editor | Apr 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
Community Snapshot: The Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners recognized Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority, MVRDA, 911 emergency telecommunicators and call takers as first responders. In 2019, MVRDA 911 telecommunicators and call takers provided medical guidance to about 25,000 callers, dispatched more than 200,000 law enforcement calls and nearly 36,000 fire calls throughout the Mesilla Valley. Trained in law enforcement, fire and emergency… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
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by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
Law enforcement officers, first responders and local leaders are banding together for a reading initiative for Bedford County students who are finishing the school year outside a traditional classroom setting — and with no, or limited, access to book stores and libraries.
The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with Bedford County Fire and Rescue, several Bedford County supervisors, and the Bedford County public school system, launched a reading program for students in their community starting April 13. Each day, a video of a member of local law enforcement, a first responder or local government official reading a book is posted online. The videos are pre-recorded and posted on the county sheriff’s YouTube channel…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
People classified as essential workers, or those who go to work each day despite the novel coronavirus pandemic, received thanks from the Harford County government in the form of a banner posted on the county administration building in Bel Air on Thursday.
“Thank you to Harford County’s essential employees,” says the banner, which is on the rear wall of the building at 220 S. Main St., facing the parking lot. County Executive Barry Glassman’s name is under the message of thanks…
by ECC Editor | Apr 23, 2020 | Comm Center News
CENTREVILLE — Queen Anne’s County released a statement Friday, April 17, recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week and thanking its dispatchers.
“While the county has been responding to the Coronavirus, we realize that we have not taken the time this week to recognize our heroes working behind the scenes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to keep our community safe,” the county said in a news release… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 23, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office last week honored its public safety dispatchers and those throughout the United States.
“This is a very special time to celebrate and thank the truly outstanding public safety dispatchers that dedicate their lives to serving the public and the law enforcement agencies they so faithfully, courageously and compassionately support 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey…
