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…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
KEARNS, Utah — It’s not easy to leave your loved ones and spend a holiday at work. When your job is to help others, the office never closes.
The Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center (VECC) looked a little different Wednesday. Dispatchers wore pajamas, “Elf” was playing on mute and a breakfast spread filled the middle of the room.
Two of the VECC Operations Supervisors cooked all the food
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
KOOTENAI CO., Idaho – Several 911 dispatchers with Idaho’s Central Dispatch Center received an award on Monday for their work during the Fourth of July shooting in Coeur d’Alene over the summer.
They were presented the Idaho Public Safety Communications Team of the Year Award after being nominated by their supervisor who worked alongside them during the shooting…
