Andrew Saunders is the new director of the Athens-Clarke County Central Services Department, one of the government’s top administrative posts.
In his new job, Saunders will oversee Athens-Clarke’s facilities management, fleet management, landscape management and internal support, which includes public safety communications, telecommunications, parking and special events permitting, among other areas…
SOUTH BEND — A new website that could be up and running in about a week could save emergency dispatchers time and first responders precious protective gear, as St. Joseph County moves toward its likely peak time in May of coronavirus cases.
The website is meant to serve as a tool by which residents in nonemergency situations can assess symptoms or exposure related to coronavirus…
Natrona County residents can now contact emergency services through dispatch by texting as well as calling 911, according to a news release from the Casper Police Department on Tuesday.
“This new service could be a life saver for people with speech and hearing disabilities,” said Casper-Natrona County Public Safety Communications Center Manager Lori Jackson…
(MURFREESBORO) As National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week ends, local Communications Dispatcher Jenny Mathias was selected the 2020 Dispatcher of the Year for the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
She was chosen based on her expertise to help locate two abducted children, to handle the pursuit of a wanted suspect and her overall work ethic, said Communications Lt. Candi McCluskey…
Under the change, county dispatchers will follow Emergency Management Dispatch protocol to ask a caller a series of questions before determining the level of response.
Dispatchers have been automatically sending out either the rescue truck or a fire engine, whichever was closest to the scene. Only the rescue truck will now go out on the most serious of calls, but only once a dispatcher decides it should go…
ELMA – The Selma Police Department announced that Lacie Cates has been named as its 2019 Dispatcher of the Year.
In a post on social media, the SPD reported that Cates has been with their department for nearly two years and has previously served as emergency dispatcher before working for both the Sanger Police Department and Reedley Police Department prior to her service in Selma…
