Putnam County 911 will look to increase its department by adding two full-time dispatchers.
Director Penny Foister said if the employees are included in the county budget this would bring the dispatch staff to 14. Foister said that calls are increasing across the board and funds are finally available to add staff…
A word from Director Schlottach
Gasconade County E-911 has come a long way since it’s beginning in 1995. Having the capability to locate a 911 call on a digital map from a cellular telephone wasn’t even thought of. In it’s early stages, Gasconade County’s 911 Dispatchers used a typewriter to log information received over the telephone and radio. Now we use a complex C.A.D system that does some of the work for us. Our call volume has also risen over the years from under 50 per month to an average of 500 per month. 69% of these calls are now made from Cellular phones…
OCONOMOWOC — The Common Council is reviewing requests for proposal for an independent study on dispatch services in the city to see what the facts are for keeping local dispatch or switching to Waukesha County Communications.
This is the third time the hot topic issue has been brought in the last three years — with the council voting the two previous times to keep dispatch services within the city.
The independent study would be based in facts, removing the emotional aspect from the heated topic…
Scott, LA – Lafayette 911 was started by Bill Vincent in 1983 in the windowless basement of the parish courthouse for over three decades. Now they’re in a new multi-million dollar facility.
The new $9.6 million emergency communications center that opened in January and was built with 911 operators in mind…
On April 24, 2021, at about 11:44 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a motel on the 300 block of State Highway 96 to contact an individual harassing medical and emergency communications dispatchers via 9-1-1.
Robert Melvin Hurd, age 63, contacted the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center via 9-1-1 approximately 26 times over the course of eight hours. During these contacts, Hurd was uncooperative and belligerent with dispatch staff. Upon deputy contact, Hurd continued being hostile with deputies...
The Memphis dispatch center took more than 600,000 911 calls last year. Here’s one dispatcher’s take away on calls.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — April is 911 Education Month. When people call 911, every second matters. That’s why dispatcher want you to help them in helping you by being prepared to call those three digits during an emergency.
“It’s very critical and serious. Seconds do count,” Memphis Police Dispatcher Erica May said…
