by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 30, 2019 | Comm Center News
When Webster County residents call the 911 dispatch center to report
an emergency, there will be two dispatchers ready to field those calls
at any given time.
“We are going to have two telecommunicators on every shift, 24/7,”
said Dan Posluszny, project manager for IXP, a New Jersey-based public
safety management services company which oversees Webster County’s
communications center.
And according to Fort Dodge Assistant Police Chief Cory
Husske, having two dispatchers on one shift wasn’t always the case
before IXP took over dispatch operations
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 30, 2019 | Comm Center News
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Shortly before Perrie Mason vanished earlier
this month, two 911 calls were made from her phone. Dispatchers did not
hear anyone on the line and called her back, but still no response,
according to her sister.
Four days later, on Aug. 21, the body of the 31-year-old
Connecticut mother of two, who recently moved from Hawaii, was found and
her ex-boyfriend was arraigned in court on domestic violence charges in
connection with a previous attack against Mason, authorities said.
Officials have called the ex-boyfriend, Jason Watson, a prime suspect in
her disappearance, but no charges have been filed in connection with
her death.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 30, 2019 | Comm Center News
COMANCHE CO. (KFDX/KJTL) — Phone lines at the Comanche County Emergency
Communications Center are currently down. They are being rerouted
through Altus Emergency Management to then be properly dispatched to
Lawton first responders.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 30, 2019 | Comm Center News
The short moment of silence is broken by a loud chirping
sound of the phones demanding immediate attention. A dispatcher sitting
at one of four desk areas in the office answers. Depending on the call,
they look at one or more of the six computer screens set up at each
desk.
Samantha Aman, 29,
began working at the office in 2015. She earned a criminal justice
degree and began looking into law enforcement job options. An opening
appeared for a Carlton County dispatcher and she applied. She loves
working with all area agencies as she provides an important service to
the community.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 29, 2019 | Comm Center News
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners on Thursday approved
spending $573,281.60 on a project to upgrade, renovate and relocate
aspects of the sheriff’s department — including the 9-1-1 dispatch
center and road patrol offices — within the Peoples Community Center.
The
sheriff’s department has dedicated another $150,000 to the overall cost
of the $723,281.70 effort that will greatly enhance the center’s 9-1-1
capabilities, including its software.
