by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
People live in Scotts Valley for a safe community, excellent schools and a beautiful environment. Public safety and other essential city services matter to everyone whether you are a senior, a parent or any other resident. The quality of life in Scotts Valley will be on the minds of voters when they are asked in March to consider paying a little more in local sales tax to protect city services.
The City Council declared a fiscal emergency on Dec. 5. This was done after an exhaustive examination of the city’s budget and years of cost-cutting that has left the city on the brink of profound cuts to services…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
Ohio State Highway Patrol Dispatcher William “Willie” L. Courtright was selected for the 2019 Ohio State Highway Patrol Telecommunications Award at the New Philadelphia Dispatch Center.
Courtright was further selected as the 2019 Ohio State Highway Patrol Telecommunications Award recipient for the Cambridge District.
The selection of Courtright, 40, is in recognition of outstanding service during 2019 at the New Philadelphia Dispatch Center as a dispatcher…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 6, 2019 | Comm Center News
A 59-year-old man faces murder charges in Texas, where authorities allege he killed his 29-year-old wife.
The Hood County Sheriff’s Office says Jennifer Pautenis has been missing since October.
Investigators allege Edward Michael Pautenis told them he last saw his wife as she was leaving her home in Granbury, Texas, on October 20, 2019.
Pautenis allegedly told some of her family members he was putting their two young children to bed when he heard her leave the house.
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 6, 2019 | Comm Center News
Albany, N.Y. – Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced $45 million has been awarded to 57 counties and New York City to enhance emergency communications across the state.
Onondaga County will receive a little over 1 and a quarter million dollar of those funds. Oneida and Oswego counties will recieve a little over 839 thousand dollars each and Madison county just over 755 thousand dollars.
Eligible counties can use this funding for a variety of things from expanding radio coverage with new equipment and…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 6, 2019 | Comm Center News
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Police are praising the incredible work of a dispatcher at the Southeast Communications Center after a woman called 911 while she held a gun to her head.
To keep the identity of the woman suffering from the mental health crisis confidential we are not releasing much information about the individual.
The woman reportedly called 911 shortly before 7:30 am on Friday claiming she had a gun to her head.
Police tell Action News the woman had just had a fight with her boyfriend…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 6, 2019 | Comm Center News
Technical, personnel issues have been challenge, Putnam officials say
A plan to move Putnam County Sheriff Department dispatchers to the county’s 911 call center is taking longer than expected and has legislators questioning whether the merger can be completed.
“There are still a lot of moving parts,” said Ken Clair, commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Services (BES), at a meeting last month of the county Legislature’s Protective Services Committee.
The plan is to have dispatchers for fire, police and medical emergencies…
