Box Butte County Sheriff Tammy Mowry was on the agenda to discuss Box Butte County emergency dispatchers.
Mowry and County Attorney Terry Curtiss both explained to the board how consolidating the Box Butte County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center with the Alliance Police Department Dispatchers would be beneficial for both entities..
FORT SILL, Oklahoma (April 30, 2021) — When a 911 telephone call is made from a Fort Sill 442- or 558- prefix, the emergency call now goes directly to the Directorate of Emergency Services’ Emergency Communications Center (ECC).
In the past, these calls went to the city of Lawton dispatch center at the Great Plains Technology Center. There, Fort Sill General Schedule (GS) dispatchers manned a military police terminal and relayed emergency information to the installation. Although the Fort Sill dispatchers’ job was to focus on installation emergency services, with the volume of calls received it was sometimes difficult to discern if the call was for a post or city emergency, said Hilaree Straka, DES Emergency Communications Division chief… READ MORE
(ABC4) – Law enforcement across the Beehive State are asking communities two questions: who are you going to call when faced with an incident? and do you know when to do so?
According to the Logan Cache Police Department, when dealing with an incident that involves immediate danger that is when you should dial 911.
“It’s so important to be educated on the Do’s and Don’ts of calling 9-1-1,” they add… READ MORE
Three Massachusetts police officers and a dispatcher are earning praise for preventing a Florida grandmother from losing $25,000 to a scammer.
Dracut Sgt. Lawrence Flynn, Lt. Wilmer Buote, Detective Megan Farley and dispatcher Andrew Talmacci went into action on April 3 when a woman called Dracut and Miami police to say her mother had sent the money to an address in Dracut, Chief Peter Bartlett told The Lowell Sun for a story Friday… READ MORE
FORT CARSON, Colo. — From left: Teronda Taylor and Sandra Edwards, both 911 dispatchers at Fort Gordon, Georgia, receive a call regarding a Soldier who was possibly suicidal Jan. 30, 2021. Working together, they were able to direct officials to the individual and help him receive medical treatment. (Courtesy photo)
FORT CARSON, Colo. — “911, what’s your emergency?” asked the calm voice answering the call.
The question is the same, but for Army emergency dispatchers every call is different — a house could be on fire, a crime is being committed, someone may be injured, or a serious car accident has happened…
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Topeka native Lacey Doiron grew up around law enforcement.
Her dad was a police officer.
Her husband is also a police officer.
Doiron says she always figured she’d make a career in law enforcement, as well.
Rather than working on the streets of Topeka as a police officer, however, Doiron is serving in a behind-the-scenes capacity as an emergency dispatcher in the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center…
