by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
When Oregon, Ohio, emergency dispatcher Tim TenEyck received a call earlier this month from a woman who said she wanted to order a pizza, he initially thought she’d dialed the number by mistake. About half the calls he’s received in his 14 years as a dispatcher hadn’t been proper emergency calls, but pocket-dials, misdials or requests for information.
But when TenEyck told her a second time that he thought she’d made a mistake, the woman insisted.
“She stuck with that pizza story and said she really wanted to order that pepperoni pizza…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
An Ohio woman used “ordering a pizza” as code to let a 911 operator know her mother was in danger, and the operator is now being praised for his quick thinking.
The Nov. 13 call came into Oregon, Ohio, 911 dispatcher Tim Teneyck, who was initially confused by the request for a pizza, but was quickly able to discern that the caller was trying to signal for help in an alleged domestic abuse situation, the Toledo Blade reported…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
EBENSBURG – Cambria County’s 911 center handled 56,000 emergency calls last year.
Telecommunication Officer Tina Stimely received a 911 emergency call on Oct. 19 from a Southmont home. Stimely’s training would determine what would happen next.
“This is a job that when you’re right, nobody remembers, but when you’re wrong, nobody forgets,” she said, in an interview at 911 center in Ebensburg…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
WATERBURY, Vt. (WCAX) The most current, longest tenured trooper in the Vermont State Police has retired. Capt. Tom Hango began his career with State Police in 1986, as an auxiliary trooper and part-time dispatcher. He became a full-time trooper in 1990.
Capt. Hango has served as a patrol trooper, K-9 handler, patrol commander, detective, station commander and detective commander.
He is retiring as Commander of the State Police Communication Centers and serves as the department representative on the Vermont 911 Board.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
Calling 911 is something everyone knows to do in case of an emergency. However, you may not know exactly what happens between dialing the number and an officer arriving on scene. In this week’s article, we’ll answer the question of who’s taking the call and what to do if you have a pressing issue that may not be a true emergency.
When you dial 911, a St. Louis County dispatcher answers your call. They are our initial link to reporting parties. Dispatchers then assign the incident to an officer based on the severity of the
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
OREGON, Ohio – A quick-thinking woman placing a bogus pizza order and a sharp 911 dispatcher teamed up to halt a recent domestic violence incident in Ohio, multiple news outlets reported.
According to Toledo’s The Blade, an insistent caller ordering a large pizza amused dispatcher Tim Teneyck at first, and then he caught on. Once Teneyck realized the caller was alerting him to a domestic violence assault in progress…
