MOREHEAD CITY — A County Emergency Services telecommunicator got an early Christmas present Monday when she met a mother and the baby the dispatcher helped deliver.
Brittany Stapleton, 21, had no idea when she reported for work Oct. 29 in the county’s emergency dispatch center she would talk Briana Godette of Beaufort through delivering her daughter, Kaislyn Godette.
Ms. Stapleton said when she received the 911 call, “I took a deep
STODDARD COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) – 2019 has been a record year for first responders in Stoddard County who are earning more awards for saving lives. Their success is in part thanks to new technology and training involved with the launch of a Computer Aided Dispatch system in the county.
This year new tax revenue allowed Stoddard County 911 services to switch over to the CAD system run by Zuecher Technologies…
ELDON – Four city workers in Eldon are left in the dark after they have been notified by the city that they will not have a job come January 1, 2020.
The City of Eldon cut three full-time firefighters and one dispatcher, citing budget cuts. City leaders have not commented on why the employment moves were made. At the end of the meeting Daphney Partridge, Ward One alderman made a brief statement.
“None of the decisions that were made, were made lightly. They have been very considered and very deliberate, I assure you,” she said…
True community policing includes working with the community and not just doing things to them. Everyone who works in public safety can keep this in mind while doing their jobs, including 911 Dispatch.
On a panel about technology versus the human aspect of policing, former Society of Police Futurists International (PFI) President Joseph Schafer, Ph.D. stated, “Policing is still the most effective when it is done with people not to people.” The panelists…
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Seconds matter when someone calls 911. Dispatchers in Marion County certainly know this and have been working toward shorter wait times for callers.
The sheriff’s office has struggled with low staffing levels since 2011, but they tell CBS4 they have made notable progress in 2019.
Tyler Swardson is focused on connecting help in the midst of havoc. He is one of the new dispatchers-in-training now. Maj. Joseph McAtee said there are 24 new trainees for the position…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is hiring call-takers and dispatchers in its communications unit.
Tammy Bazzle, the communications unit staff development supervisor, said there are currently 17 open positions.
She said there are always openings, but 17 is a lot. The openings are the result of employees retiring, transferring within the department and quitting…
