by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 4, 2019 | Comm Center News, Uncategorized
Dispatching duties for the city of Worthington’s emergency services
will be performed by the Northwest Regional Emergency Communications
Center in Dublin starting in July 2020.
City councils in both of those cities have authorized their respective city managers to enter into a contract for the service.
The
NRECC is based in Dublin police headquarters and is a safety
communications agency partnership with police departments in Dublin,
Hilliard and Upper Arlington and fire departments in Upper Arlington and
Norwich and Washington townships.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
PORTLAND, Ore. – After falling victim to thieves who stole her brand
new bicycle, a 12-year-old girl experienced an incredible act of
generosity from those who handled the theft case.
The girl called
911 after someone took her bike, which she had left locked outside a
Portland-area grocery store. Officer Dustin Lauritzon drove her home. He
was with her when she told her grandmother, who had been saving up to
buy the bike so the girl could ride to school.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
FORT SMITH, Ark. (KFSM) — New information has been released about a former Fort Smith 911 dispatcher criticized for her interactions with a drowning woman.
5NEWS has obtained an exit interview Donna Reneau had with the Fort
Smith Police Department four days after the incident. Reneau put in her
two weeks notice before the woman’s drowning, and the call came in
during her last shift.
When asked why she was leaving her position at the police department,
Reneau said she wanted to return to school. She also said another
reason for her leaving was she felt like there was no way to “move up”
within the department.
In the interview, Reneau mentioned …..
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
For the next two weeks, KamloopsMatters will be profiling a
BC Wildfire Service employee at the Kamloops Fire Centre. KFC
coordinates the wildfire response across south-central B.C., from Blue
River in the north to the U.S. border in the south, and from Bridge
River in the west to Monashee Mountains in the east. The fire centre
employs around 50 permanent staff and a large number of seasonal support
staff.
The goal of this 10-part feature is to give our readers a better
understanding and a bird’s-eye view of what happens at the centre, and
to put a face to the people who are behind the scenes and on the
frontlines.
At just 24 years old, Madison Smith already has four fire seasons under her belt.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
Ravenna’s police department will be adding two full-time dispatchers
to its dispatch center, a move that officials say will eliminate the
need for staffers to regularly incur overtime.
Council voted
unanimously Tuesday to add the two staffers to the department to replace
four part-time dispatchers, who will have the opportunity to apply for
the new jobs.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
The City of Springfield submitted documents in a lawsuit filed in
February claiming a police dispatcher was subjected to harassment and
discrimination.
The suit names the City of Springfield, mayor Debbie Wakefield,
former police chief James Smith, and SPD patrol officer Wesley Tingle as
defendants. It claims dispatcher Leticia Cano was subjected to
harassment and discrimination, and was retaliated against when she
reported the alleged conduct.
