The city of Tehachapi will pay a voluntary settlement of $54,000 to a police dispatcher who allegedly faced retaliation in the workplace after reporting workplace harassment, the California Civil Rights Department announced Monday.
Luzerne County 911 officials on Monday responded to a complaint from former county division head Joan Hoggarth about wait times for callers who reported a vicious dog attack in Hanover Twp. on Saturday.
NENA CEO Brian Fontes last week unveiled plans to step down from the 911-focused organization’s leadership position during the fall of 2025, which would mark the end of a 17-year stint heading NENA.
ST. PAUL — Leah Palmer has been named director of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Emergency Communication Networks (ECN) division.
An executive director has been hired as the first official employee of the Lake County Consolidated Emergency Communications system set to become fully operational in 2025.
The board of directors of the agency known as LakeComm on Dec. 18 appointed Jason E. Kern to lead the system responsible for handling emergency calls for about 30 law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services agencies. He starts Jan. 20.
Antioch police say one of their dispatchers helped save the life of a man whose boat sank on Christmas Eve.
Dispatcher Autumn Turnage received a 911 call from a man whose boat sunk near Sherman Island, leaving him stranded in the water and fearing for his life.
