Hunter Sanders Named Dispatcher of the Month

Since 2015, Hunter Sanders has been dispatching and assisting troopers in what is commonly referred to as Area III (Southwest Indiana). Currently of Ellettsville, Hunter lives with his wife Colte and their 4-month-old son.

A graduate of Edgewood High School, Hunter joined the Indiana State Police after working in different jobs that included Barista work at Starbucks and another job at the IGA Grocery Store.

Hunter says…

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Florida 911 Dispatcher Suspended After Telling Man To Get Rid Of Evidence

A 911 dispatcher for the Lee County Sheriff’s Office has been suspended for two days and placed on six months of disciplinary probation after she told a man to dispose of evidence. Authorities say that Amanda Kinzler called a man on a recorded landline who was surrounded by Fort Myers police officers.

She told the man, who was not identified, to “get rid of it,” referring to marijuana he had on him. He told her that he threw in the bushes, and she confirmed that he

Public safety family says goodbye to Lothrop

The Knox County Regional Communication Center issued a farewell Thursday afternoon for longtime public safety official Linwood Lothrop.

The center issued a farewell over the radio to all public safety departments and then Lothrop was greeted with a line of police officers, firefighters and other public safety members outside the communications center.

Osage ambulance district and Osage County E-911 center at odds

OSAGE COUNTY — The Osage County emergency operations, or 911 center, and the Osage Ambulance District were at odds — each posting subliminal messages on Facebook that appear to insult the other.

KRCG spoke with both sides, though the ambulance district was willing to speak a little more.

The director there, Joshua Krull, provided KRCG with documentation he said shows he’s spent more than….

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Kyle council questions finance on 911 dispatch co-location

When the idea of a co-located, meaning shared, 911 facility was first voiced back in 2016, it seemed like the perfect solution to a hard-learned lesson. The floods of 2015 had, in fact, provided a trial run.

When the Blanco River went on its deadly rampage in May of 2015, it forced the county’s telecommunicators to move from the Law Enforcement Center on Uhland Road in San Marcos to the San Marcos Police Department – a  location that was also low-lying but far from the worst of the flooding.

Kharley Smith, then the county’s emergency management director, told …

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