by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
A St. Paul Police Department staffing study — which can be reviewed in full below — recommends hiring more than 100 additional officers and civilian staff, as well as restructuring several investigative units to keep pace with growing caseloads.
The 250-page document compiled by Cmdr. Jack Serier examined department data and statistics between 2013 and 2018, including response times and 911 calls over the six-year period. It’s the first…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 16, 2020 | Comm Center News
GREGG COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – Longview Police and Fire held a joint hiring event today to address the need for more first responders.
The public safety manager said 911 dispatch operators are the first line of communication between the public and public servants.
Applicants don’t need any prior experience as a dispatcher and if hired they will receive on the job training…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 16, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Police Department also announced that Casey L. Nowak, 33, of Amherst will become a dispatcher. Nowak recently was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy.
Once these police recruit’s successfully complete their training, it will put the Police Department at a strength of 85 officers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
When You have an emergency, medical or otherwise, you call 9-1-1 for help. Funding to make that happen may be something you take for granted and local officials are looking at funding to keep a local 9-1-1 center here in Adams County viable.
Wednesday night, the Joint Emergency Telephone System Board or ETSB is mapping out the future of 9-1-1 services in Adams County.
“It’s just kind of a growing pains opportunity that the board is working through to determine…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Douglas County announced a new 9-1-1 texting service so residents can “Call if you can – Text if you can’t” during an emergency.
The county said people who are deaf or hard of hearing or those who are in a situation where it is too dangerous to call 9-1-1 now have a new option to call for help…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – A husband and wife in Westminster can now laugh about the unplanned home birth of their second daughter. Though frantic, it happened smoothly thanks to the guidance of a city dispatcher. Five-week-old Claire Kit Riddle is as healthy and happy as can be, but her arrival on Dec. 12 was quite the surprise for parents Liz and Scott…
