Those who help others sometimes need help themselves.
As part of the Ohio First Responder Recruitment, Retention and Resilience Program, the department will be allocated $310,000 over a two-year period for annual wellness checkups for police officers and dispatchers, funding for additional mental-health visits as needed and advanced individual-wellness training for employees, according to Myers.
“We are absolutely diverting essential resources away from people who need it toward a feature on a phone.”
During a mid-December weekend the dispatchers at the Summit County 911 Center fielded 71 automated crash notifications from skiers’ iPhones and Apple watches at the county’s four ski areas. None of them involved an emergency.
JANESVILLE, Wis. — One southern Wisconsin 911 center employee takes her work behind the scenes seriously.
And the longtime civil servant just celebrated 30 years on the job.
The passage of Senate Bill 3127 that officially went into law this week was a surprise.
It specifically makes “emergency medical dispatchers” first responders. But he said that doesn’t cover everyone.
Routt County officials are asking residents and visitors to be wary of automated emergency features on their smartphones and wearable electronic devices.
