Idaho dispatchers rewarded for their work during the July 4 shooting (ID)

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KOOTENAI CO., Idaho – Several dispatchers at 911 at Idaho’s Central Dispatch Center received an award Monday for their work during the July 4 filming at Coeur d’Alene over the summer.

They received the Team of the Year Award for Idaho Public Safety Communications after being nominated by their supervisor who worked alongside them during filming…

Florida sheriff’s dispatcher donates kidney to co-worker she barely knew (FL)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – 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…

THP captain resigns after investigation into relationship with dispatcher (TN)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee Highway Patrol captain resigned after an investigation into a relationship with a dispatcher. He met with the dispatcher at a motel several times while he was on duty, according to authorities.

Recordings show Captain Jeffrey Mosley admitted to having a sexual relationship with a dispatcher over several years. Mosley became head of the Chattanooga area THP office in 2015…

Coeur d’Alene dispatchers honored for actions during 4th of July shooting (ID)

Coeur d’ Alene, ID- Several members of the Central Dispatch Center in Coeur d’ Alene received the Idaho Public Safety Communications Team of the Year Award.

This award was given to the dispatchers who were working on July 4th during the shooting at the City Park in Coeur d’ Alene. The dispatchers were nominated by the supervisor who was working that night…

Baby, family meet dispatcher-paramedic who helped with freeway birth (HI)

HONOLULU — The family of a 3-month-old baby born on the side of a Hawaii freeway met with a dispatcher-paramedic to thank her for talking them through the birth.

Dispatcher and Paramedic Emily Zuckernick picked up the 911 phone call in September shortly before the birth of Kaniela Mahoe, KHON2 reported.

“I could hear (the mother) Anela screaming and I’m pretty familiar with that yell and I thought, oh, this baby is coming, they need to pull over,” Zuckernick said.

The boy’s parents said Zuckernick’s calm guidance helped them have…