by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
Washington County plans to hire six full-time 911 dispatchers, possibly by February, to help an emergency communications staff that has logged hundreds of hours of overtime in the past year, the dispatch center’s operations manager said.
The county also is taking steps to help with supervisor shifts, which now require overtime when someone is on leave, said Brian Albert, operations manager for the 911 center.
The goal is to get 12 people per shift at the dispatch center…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
City councilors will hear an update on the administration of the tax during a Monday work session. The city didn’t provide any details in the staff report that went out ahead of the meeting.
The tax, which the City Council approved in June, is projected to initially raise $23.6 million in year. Two-thirds of the money will go to law enforcement, with the remaining money being split among the municipal court, the fire department and homeless programs.
Earlier this month, Eugene voters approved a city charter amendment…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
United States District Judge William Martinez has denied the Board of County Commissioners’ motion to dismiss Nicole Garner’s, Maria Chavez’ and Chelsa Parsons’ civil lawsuit against Lake County Government.
The women, all of whom worked as dispatchers under former Sheriff Rod Fenske and Undersheriff Fernando Mendoza, are suing the county for unlawful sex discrimination, retaliation and violations of rights to free speech and equal protection under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
The relationship between Lake County Government and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
EXCLUSIVE: Ambulance dispatcher Luke Wright and paramedics Christopher Gill and Richard Grimes all died suddenly after a whistleblower raised concerns about psychological abuse
An ambulance service where three staff have died of suspected suicide in two weeks has been accused of a toxic culture.
Ambulance dispatcher Luke Wright, 24, and paramedics Christopher Gill and Richard Grimes were found dead between November 11 and November 21.
Shortly before their deaths a whistleblower wrote to the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s boss complaining about psychological abuse.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
Duane Raible did not know it at the time, but in the early morning hours of Oct. 2, the Pennsylvania man was having a major stroke. “The whole room went bizarre. I almost passed out. I pushed myself back to the bed and lay down,” Raible said. “I realized right then and there: something’s really wrong.”
Raible, 52, who lives north of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was in Chicago on business last month and staying at the Thompson Chicago Hotel.
That’s when the real-life nightmare occurred. In 911 recordings, Raible can be heard pleading to Chicago dispatchers for help from his cell phone. During two calls, dispatchers repeatedly asked Raible for the address of the hotel at which he was staying.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
DECATUR — Police said 911 dispatchers in Decatur could hear the sound of multiple gunshots as worried residents called in to report weapons fire in their neighborhood early Saturday.
Detective Sgt. Chris Copeland with Decatur Police said officers were sent to the 600 block of East Grand Avenue just after 3:50 a.m. after callers told them there was a crowd gathered in the street and gunshots were ringing out from their vicinity.
Copeland said that crowd had already started to disperse by vehicle…
