by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 22, 2022 | Comm Center News
One Jessamine County 911 dispatcher got a call she won’t forget. She saved a life by talking a caller through CPR and now she’s being recognized for her actions. She has a message for the community about the importance of knowing CPR. 23-year-old Makenzi Hill has been a Jessamine County E911 dispatcher for three years. Last month, she took a call from an assisted living home where a patient had gone into cardiac arrest. That’s when Hill talked the caller through CPR. “They called and said that the lady wasn’t breathing,” recalled Hill. For the first time in her career, Hill saved a life…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 22, 2022 | Comm Center News
The local 911 and emergency dispatch program is expected to cost more next year, but there may be a way to ease the impact on taxpayers with the help of funds in reserve.
That was the message of 911 Coordinator Larry Haug to the government liaison committee Thursday.
The 2023 budget would look similar to this year’s $2.53 million budget but for a proposed increase in staff in Minot Central Dispatch and additional costs with the phone network, Haug said. The amount of those changes is uncertain yet…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 22, 2022 | Comm Center News
A Wisconsin man was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for making more than 75 phone calls to a police dispatch over a day this past summer, according to local reports.
Dodge County Circuit Judge Martin De Vries sentenced John Cowen to three years of prison time and another six years of extended supervision, according to The Journal Times.
Cowen was found guilty in February of unlawful phone use, resisting or obstructing an officer and a felony count of battery or threat to law enforcement, as well as bail jumping, according to the report…
by ECC Editor | Apr 22, 2022 | Comm Center News
Thousands of 911 calls related to mental health incidents were diverted away from a law enforcement response in Austin last year, and officials say that amount could more than double in 2022.
In Austin, those calling 911 are met with the standard police, fire and EMS options—in addition to a fourth choice for a mental health request. Calls requesting help with a mental health issue are then forwarded to a specialist at the 911 call center and could result in clinicians and case managers, rather than police, responding to an incident… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 21, 2022 | Comm Center News
A Penn Yan woman faces a number of charges after police say she made multiple phone calls to 9-1-1 for no legitimate purpose.
50-year-old Shantel Champlin was warned by police to stop calling if there was no emergency or she would be placed under arrest. Police say Champlin then proceeded to call 9-1-1 multiple times again for no legitimate purpose. When police responded to her home to arrest her, Champlin allegedly fought with officers… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 21, 2022 | Comm Center News
FORT EDWARD — The Washington County Board of Supervisors recognized the county’s 911 communications team Friday with a proclamation honoring National Public Safety Communicators Week, April 1-16.
The proclamation called public safety communicators “the first and most critical contact our citizens have with emergency services” and “the vital first link for first responders by monitoring their activities by radio, providing them information, and ensuring their safety.” It also noted communicators’ contributions “to the apprehension of criminals, suppression of fires and treatment of patients…
