The Brentwood Police Department is responding to the city’s increasing population with a plan to hire additional officers.
The City Council recently approved the future increase of five police officers and two dispatchers.
The move is aimed at increasing…..
Peel police are once again reminding the public to use 911 calls appropriately.
On Oct. 20, police’s emergency services line received a from a resident, inquiring about Peel’s “emergency ride services.”
The resident told the 911 dispatcher that she was in a taxi heading to Union Station but, that she would not make in there on time for her train’s departure.
“I don’t know how you guys work with services in terms of that because I’m in a taxi right now but it’s not gonna get me to the station on time.”
She then continued to….
This week, the Hawkins County Emergency Communications District, or E-911, is retraining dispatchers to be able to give step-by-step instructions for different first aid situations after it was discovered the dispatchers lacked required training.
A special called meeting of the HCECD Board was held on Sunday to authorize $10,000 to be paid to trainer Dorothy Cave to retrain all the dispatchers in Association of Public Safety-Communications Officials training. The $10,000 cost will be paid through E-911 savings. Because of the lack of training, the E-911 was out of compliance with state law….
CORNWALL, Ont. — Unionized workers at an agency that helps foreign ships navigate the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway have walked out of the job, but management says it will strive to ensure the impact on commercial navigation is minimal.
The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees says its 13 members — 10 dispatchers and three office staff …
From one radio to the next!
Brittani was a familiar voice in the KFGO Newsroom, but after 3 years, she put down one radio wave for the next. After a long 6-8 week interview process and 6 months of training, she is a Communications Operator at Red River Regional Dispatch.
In this podcast: Brittani talks about what the process…
Whether it means restructuring the current model or moving on to a different service provider altogether, there may be changes afoot with how dispatch communication is handled for local law enforcement, fire protection and emergency medical services in the North Valley. Officials have been exploring their options in recent weeks.
Gunnison Communications, managed by the Gunnison Police Department, provides dispatch services for all agencies in the valley, and all the entities that use it pay in a proportionate share.
A few of those departments using the dispatch service throughout Gunnison County stated….
