CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Authority is providing support for dispatchers in the form of Hope, a dog from the organization Canines For Change.
Hope is a one-year-old Goldendoodle who is nearly complete in her certification process to be a facility dog.
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HOLBROOK — Director Steve Hooke is pleased to announce that the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center was awarded nearly $17 million in grants for Fiscal Year 2024 from the Massachusetts State 911 Department.
The grant programs award funds to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and Regional Emergency Communication Centers (RECCs) for allowable expenses related to operations and new community partnerships, equipment and training.
The City of Long Beach Department of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications, responsible for the delivery of the City’s Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Services, is launching their “Help Us Help You” campaign to reduce the number of non-emergency calls answered by 9-1-1 Dispatchers.
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The city of Jackson and its police department say they are making changes that will speed up the time it takes for you to receive emergency services.
Wednesday, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Interim Police Chief Joseph Wade went before the media to address the issues Jackson’s 911 dispatch center has faced.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – A former 911 dispatcher is pleading with St. Louis City to fix what she calls a broken system with a skeleton crew for a call center.
“When I left, we were holding calls for 2 to 3 hours,” says retired 911 police dispatcher Maureen Ramsey. “We would get people that they would send for us to interview that were wanted.”
NEWARK, N.J. — The man needed help, but he didn’t want help.
Suffering from a mental illness with nowhere to go but Newark Penn Station last month, the man could have been forced by police into a squad car or an ambulance and hauled away.
Instead, authorities say, a mental health worker paired with police officers talked the man into getting the help he needed.
