KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Among legislation signed earlier this month by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is a bill that 911 dispatchers and telecommunication workers hope will improve their working conditions.
A former dispatcher for Youngstown State University police was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation after pleading guilty to using a state criminal database to look up the background of women he planned to meet.
Athens-Clarke Deputy Police Chief Keith Kelly recently received the 2023 Leadership in Advocacy Award for his work in emergency 911 operations.
Whitcom officials paid a visit to Asotin County on Monday to talk about a lapse in dispatch service over the Fourth of July weekend.
Bill Tensfeld, Whitman County’s emergency management director, and Wendy Berrett, executive director of Whitcom Regional Dispatch Center, fielded questions from Asotin County officials about the breakdown in communication during the incident.
