NEW PHILADELPHIA – A local highway patrol dispatcher is being honored for his outstanding service in 2019.
William “Willie” Courtright has been selected as the New Philadelphia Post’s Dispatcher of Year and the Cambridge District’s Telecommunications Award recipient. Dispatcher Supervisor Jennifer Moran says Courtright was chosen by troopers, fellow dispatchers selected the 40-year-old West Lafayette native and Ridgewood graduate…
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec 3, 2019–
Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE:AVYA), a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration, today announced it has been awarded with Frost & Sullivan’s 2019 North America Product Leadership Award in the enterprise safety solutions market for Public Safety Solutions.
Frost & Sullivan honored Avaya and its Public Safety Solutions at its “Excellence in Best Practices” awards gala held December 2, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas.
The firm recognized the Avaya SENTRY™ solution by 911secure and Avaya’s deployment of the RapidSOS NG911 Public Safety Clearing House in 2019…
Are you interested in learning how 911 works, or interested in meeting the 911 dispatchers who answer your local emergencies? Interested in a career as a 911 dispatcher? Join them for cookies with communications from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at the Darrin Reed Room at the Public Safety Headquarters, 411 E. Deuce of Clubs in Show Low. They are hiring. To become a dispatcher you must be…
Since Tucson combined its police and fire communications centers in 2018, hold times for 911 calls to police have been cut by three-fourths.
The city has also upgraded its technology to dispatch multiple fire units from different stations to multiple calls at the same time, which is expected to reduce response times.
Another change makes Tucson the second U.S. city to standardize questions police operators ask 911 callers, providing officers with more consistent information during emergencies.
The changes should speed up the process for Tucsonans in need of assistance and give greater assurance that the correct personnel will be dispatched ….
Branch County Commission Chair Ted Gordon believes issues between the county and the E-911 Board can be resolved. Others are not sure after the county adopted a new service plan in October.
Tuesday, Gordon and Administrator Bud Norman met with municipal officials.
“It went well. I think we accomplished something livable,” Gordon said.
Municipal members who attended could not be reached Wednesday for comment.
The dispute came to a head when 911 board members proposed….
SOUTHINGTON, Ohio (WKBN) – The Warren Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced its dispatcher and trooper of the year for 2019.
Dispatcher of the year was given to Kathryn Kringeta, of Champion. She joined Highway Patrol in 2014.
She was awarded for her outstanding service at the Warren Post.
Kevin Brown was named trooper of the year. He joined in 2000 and lives with his wife and four children in Newton Township.
Highway Patrol troopers chose Brown because of his “leadership abilities…
