Marin sheriff moves to jettison fire dispatching operations (CA)

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is severing a long partnership with fire agencies around the county by ending its fire dispatching operations.

In a Sept. 30 letter to fire chiefs, Sheriff Jamie Scardina wrote that offering fire dispatching “is no longer feasible” and that it would end June 30, a move that is anticipated to shift millions of dollars’ worth of operating costs away from the sheriff’s office.

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Silent 911 call leads officers to rescue woman and her 3 children from kidnapper in Mesquite (NV)

Silent 911 call leads officers to rescue woman and her 3 children from kidnapper in Mesquite (NV)

 A silent 911 call to the Mesquite Emergency Dispatch Center in Nevada resulted in the rescue of a woman and her three children from an alleged kidnapper early Tuesday morning, after the woman called 911 and left an open line until she could ask for help, giving authorities time to gather location information and send officers to intercept the car and take the suspect into custody.