A judge on Tuesday heard arguments over whether the Calhoun County Emergency Management Communications District and one of its dispatchers should be dismissed from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the husband of a woman who died in 2016.
Attorneys asked Circuit Judge Bud Turner to determine whether the district and Donna Williamson, who was a dispatcher with the district, were liable…
ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) – Albany Police Officers Union President Greg McGee says Albany dispatchers are still being overworked, because they’re still understaffed.
“One of the dispatchers just updated me, and he’s had 47 mandatories as of yesterday. He’s done 48 hours of work in the last three days,” McGee said.
It’s now been 5 weeks since he sent a letter to Mayor Kathy Sheehan alerting her to their desperate situation.
When CBS6’s Emily DeFeciani asked….
LANCASTER, S.C. (CN2 NEWS) A former Chester County 911 dispatcher is on trial this week for his wife’s murder almost three years after her death.
Court testimony showed that Judy Orr Baldwin died on December 14th, 2016 from blunt force trauma. Solicitor Candice Lively said the autopsy report showed a 24 centimeter fracture on her skull.
Her husband, James Baldwin, said Orr hurt herself when she fell while decorating a Christmas tree at the couple’s home. Baldwin’s attorney said his client…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — Tallahassee and Leon County residents will soon have a new standard of care when they call 911; the Consolidated Dispatch Agency is switching to scripted protocols for all law enforcement calls.
The new procedures put all dispatchers on the same level, regardless of their experience.
This means that when residents call 911 for help from TPD or Leon County Sheriff’s Deputies, the dispatcher will follow the same standard procedure…
Forest County’s jail control and dispatch center is a room full of windows. It views cell blocks with no windows.
Screens flash, sirens buzz, and the intercom beeps.
“It’s professional multitasking, or, as we like to call it, controlled chaos,” said Forest County Jail Administrator Josh Bradley with a chuckle. “It’s like a small city in here, and we’re responsible for every aspect of it.”
The jail’s capacity is 88 inmates…
I loved your recent insert recognizing our local first responders. I was, however, dismayed with the failure by The Bakersfield Californian as well as the leadership of our local agencies who failed to recognize the very first person to respond to an emergency: the dispatchers who answer those calls.
The only person to recognize dispatchers was Lavonne Hall who correctly acknowledged the highly trained Emergency Medical Dispatchers at Hall Ambulance (“National First Responders Day: We come together to assist one patient at a time,” Oct. 27). Our Bakersfield City Fire Department…
