Calhoun County will soon shift to a new system for emergency notifications.
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Management Division and Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch announced they will transition to the Rave Alerts system beginning Aug. 1.
A dispatch manager, Nicole Elliott, wrote on the incident to Clark County Sheriff’s Office administrators.
“[Her] actions on the first call not only delayed response by the first responders, but also put the lives of the four victims in more danger by disconnecting the call,” Elliott said.
When the first calls about a shooting at the Greenwood Park Mall came into the Johnson County Emergency Communications Center on Sunday, dispatchers were only just beginning their shift.
The B-shift, which is typically from 5:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., started as it typically does. Philip Hayes, B-shift night supervisor, came in early, around 4:40 p.m. as he usually does. Hayes, who’s worked for 911 on and off since 2010, relieved the other shift supervisor. The two exchanged notes and then Hayes sat down, logged into his station and set the schedule for the night.
The City of Hollister’s 9-1-1 calls will now be dispatched through the Taney County Sheriff’s Department as part of an intergovernmental dispatch agreement.
“This decision was made when it was realized that those who reside and travel through our great city would be better served with the resources of the Taney County Sheriff’s Department involved in police response,” stated a press release from the Hollister Police Department.
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — Three more people are facing charges in connection with a federal lawsuit in Greene County that accuses a 911 dispatcher of failing to send help for a dying woman.
Greg Leathers, Richard Policz and Richard Jeffrey Rhodes are charged with tampering with public records, tampering with or fabricating evidence and obstruction.
Not long after the start of a recruiting event Thursday for the local emergency dispatch center, the three participants listened to harrowing audio from a decade-old 911 call.
A woman provides an address and then screams, “No, no! Please, no.”
A man takes the phone and tells the 911 operator, “I just shot everybody.”
