Stark County to have enhanced 911 service through partnership with Peoria County (IL)

by | Nov 30, 2022 | Comm Center News

TOULON – Stark County’s days as the last remaining Illinois county without enhanced 911 service are numbered.

Thanks to a partnership with Peoria County and a $2.4 million state grant, officials now expect to provide that service by early 2024 in a new state-of-the-art emergency communications center to be constructed as an annex to the existing Stark County Sheriff’s Department in the heart of downtown Toulon.

Meriden’s continues to struggle in hiring emergency dispatchers – (CT)

by | Nov 30, 2022 | Comm Center News

MERIDEN — The Emergency Communications Center continues to be understaffed, an issue that now has been ongoing for more than two years.

As of Tuesday the center, which handles all emergency police, fire and medical calls throughout the city, was staffed by six full-time dispatchers, along with three part-time dispatchers and four full-time trainees.

Those dispatchers have been supplemented by seven city firefighters and one police officer who assist in providing emergency dispatch duties.

John Stuermer To Retire From 911 Center – (TN)

by | Nov 28, 2022 | Comm Center News

John Stuermer, who has been the executive director of the Hamilton County 9-1-1 Emergency Communications District since 2004, has announced his intention to retire, effective Dec. 13. The District’s Board of Directors chose the current operations director, Jeff Carney, to serve as acting executive director, starting Dec. 1, while a search is conducted to select a permanent executive director.