BOONTON – Tempers flared as four town police dispatchers were fired during Monday night’s Board of Alderman meeting in an auditorium packed with first responders and other supporters.
The board voted 7-2 to eliminate the positions and move emergency dispatch to Morris County’s regional 911 system.
“They had the fire chief, ambulance personnel and the police chief all telling them…
WINCHESTER — Frederick County Public Safety Communications is hosting two career fairs to recruit employees.
The fairs will be held Oct. 29 and Nov. 16 at the Public Safety Building at 1080 Coverstone Drive. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. No entries will be allowed after 9 a.m.
“The importance of 9-1-1 dispatchers and filling open positions cannot be overstated,” Frederick County Public Information Officer Karen Vacchio said. “It all starts with 9-1-1 and dispatchers are the ones who know what wheels need to get turning immediately and they are highly trained…
Twenty-three law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
The graduates hail from communications centers across the state, and comprise DOCJT’s 128th telecommunications academy class, which first began in 1999.
The students graduating from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy represent the successful completion of a highly structured…
There are some jobs where the person performing the job paints a picture for others. Artists, journalists, musicians and others use their crafts to explain or relate what is going on at a given moment.
The importance of one such job is shown in life or death situations they face every day.
Telecommunicators must paint a picture… Read More
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – A former call taker for Youngstown’s 911 center pleaded guilty Monday to obstructing a human trafficking investigation that her son was a suspect in.
Judge Anthony Donofrio sentenced Elaine Hellman, 72, to 18 months probation after she pleaded guilty to a single count of attempted obstruction of justice.
Prosecutors allege Hellman alerted her son, Ronald Hellman, 51, that he was a target of the investigation…
It was a dream of Misty Burke to become a 911 Dispatcher when she was a young girl.
That dream became a reality and Burke is one of the dedicated dispatchers working in the 911 center in the Wagoner County Court House.
Burke went above and beyond the call of duty during an April 6 request from Facebook about a man in her area that wanted to commit suicide.
Burke worked quickly to find the person…
