Catoosa opens $22M public safety complex with local 911 dispatch (OK)

A major upgrade to public safety services is now live in the City of Catoosa. The city has opened a new $22 million public safety complex, which includes a $6 million 911 communications center.

For the first time in nearly three decades, emergency and non-emergency calls will be handled directly within city limits instead of being routed through Tulsa County. City officials say the change will help eliminate delays and improve emergency response.

‘Left or right’: Man allegedly asked 911 operator to choose how he should stab his father (OK)

DEL CITY, Okla. (WKRC) – A man allegedly called 911 and forced the dispatcher to choose where he would next stab his father, telling her, “Say left or right, and this will be on you.”

According to a report from local outlet KWTV, a 911 dispatcher received a call at around 6 p.m. on May 26 from 41-year-old Erick Lee Nimsey with a bizarre and terrifying proposition.

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