by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
Mila is a 17-week-old schnauzer who will be trained as a therapy dog
Fayetteville police officers and 911 dispatchers deal with stressful situations, and to help them get through those tough days is Mila.
Mila, a 17-week-old schnauzer, will soon be a therapy dog. In January, she will start the first part of her training, said Renee Thompson, who is Mila’s handler and the 911 center coordinator.
Mila is the second dog to serve as a therapy dog, joining a dog named Miranda who has been with both departments…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem or experiencing a crisis.
Most of us would know how to help if we saw someone having a heart attack—we’d start CPR, or at the very least, call 9-1-1. But too few of us would know how to respond if we saw someone having a panic attack or if we were concerned that a friend or co-worker might be showing signs of…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
When the Prince George’s County Council in Maryland reconvenes in January, its members will confront an issue intertwined with two of the Washington suburb’s hot-button issues: development and public safety.
Average response times for emergency calls in two police districts that cover swaths of rural Prince George’s ticked above 10 minutes for the first nine months of 2019. If the trend continued in the final quarter…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
In 2004, Jesse Mesa was diagnosed with Lupus and told she had five years to live. By 2018, she beat those odds and a bout of thyroid cancer. But she was told she needed a new kidney if she wanted to see her two young sons graduate, get married and have children one day.
After missing out on one donor due to health complications and putting her search on pause to help her boyfriend recover from a heart attack, Mesa, a dispatcher for the Palm Beach…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — For a lot of people, waking up on Christmas morning means opening presents, cooking a big breakfast, and sitting by the fire.
For others, like the Houston County 911 dispatchers, it means waking up, getting dressed, and driving to work.
“Every day it’s different calls. Every day it’s something new,” Landra Betancourt said.
Betancourt has worked three Christmases…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
NEWPORT NEWS, V.a (WAVY) — Police officers work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to keep our communities safe and Christmas is no different.
About 200 police officers, sheriff’s deputies and dispatchers in Newport News will have a Christmas dinner thanks to the kindness of volunteers.
“My son missed Christmas dinner so I decided to bring it to him,” said Phyllis Mather, the organizer. Mather started this about four years when her son…
