by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 18, 2019 | Comm Center News
OLIVE TWP. — An internal investigation found an incorrect classification of a 911 call was part of the “perfect storm” that delayed police response to a Spring Lake Township home where a father was killed.
WOOD TV-8 reports the Ottawa County dispatcher who took the initial Dec. 1 call from Kenneth Boone, 25, coded it as “Priority 2 Mental-Health Related.”
Boone, who was arguing with his father, requested police assistance, but there were no available deputies at the time…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 18, 2019 | Comm Center News
Congratulations to the N.C. Marine Patrol officers and dispatchers who recently received the Division of Marine Fisheries’ Director’s Award of Excellence for their Hurricane Dorian recovery and support efforts in the aftermath of the storm!
The Marine Patrol assisted the Hyde County Sheriff’s Department and other emergency service agencies with patrolling Ocracoke Island by vehicle and boat, with fire and police calls, welfare checks, and damage assessments. The Marine Patrol provided …
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 18, 2019 | Comm Center News
WILLIAMSON — On Friday, Dec. 6, Christopher Chapman, Paige Miller and Israel Varney, telecommunicators from Mingo County 911, successfully completed a APCO Emergency Medical Dispatcher course (EMD).
Emergency Medical Dispatch is a systematic program of handling medical, trauma and critical calls. Trained telecommunicators, using locally approved EMD Guide cards, quickly and properly determine the nature and priority of the call, dispatch the appropriate response, then give the caller…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 18, 2019 | Comm Center News
LEWIS COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) — UPDATE 12/18/19 @ 3:50 p.m.
More details have been released about a deadly accident Tuesday night that claimed the life of a Lewis County 911 dispatcher and her son, a 14-year-old student athlete.
Jerrica Adkins, 33, and her son, Wesley Fogle, 14, both of of Garrison, were pronounced dead at the scene by Lewis County Coroner Tony Gaydos.
Kentucky State Police say Adkins was headed east on state Route 8 in a 2015…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 18, 2019 | Comm Center News
BOWLING GREEN — Amy M. Siler was chosen as the 2019 Dispatcher of the Year at the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Bowling Green Dispatch Center.
Officers and dispatchers chose Ms. Siler, 46, based on her technical job knowledge and ability, enthusiastic work attitude, teamwork, and prompt and courteous response to the public.
She joined the OSHP in 2002 and has served until 2009 at the Defiance post…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 17, 2019 | Comm Center News
INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) — State police troopers and dispatchers worked together to rescue a dog that escaped a crashed vehicle on an interstate Tuesday.
Officers responded to Interstate 465 regarding a vehicle that ran off the roadway and rolled several times. As troopers were responding to the scene, they began receiving information about a dog that had jumped out of the crashed vehicle and was running along the shoulder of the interstate…
