INDIANAPOLIS — A Marion County 911 dispatcher, several months into the job, answered the call to help keep a FedEx employee safe during the mayhem of the mass shooting at the facility on April 15.
The employee, Amber Casares, reached out to FOX59 to ask for assistance to meet the dispatcher, Angela Marriner. Eight days after the shooting, as Angela began her shift at the Marion County 911 Center, the two finally met in person… fox59.com
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announced that Flagler County Dispatcher McKenzie Davis has been selected as the 2020 Florida State Elks Associations Law Enforcement Support Employee of the Year.
Davis began her career at the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office in 2018 at only 19 years old. She was nominated for the award by her supervisor and Sheriff Staly for the incredible work she did as a dispatcher in 2020, including saving the lives of four Flagler County residents, two in the same day… READ MORE
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Last August, Austin City Council voted to immediately cut $20 million from the police department budget and begin a year-long process of transitioning $130 million in services away from police oversight.
CHICAGO (WLS) — The Archer Heights community celebrated two of its own Saturday, honoring Guadalupe and Maria Lopez by renaming a street after the couple who both lost their battles to COVID-19 last year.
“It feels good to feel a sense of community, just to have everybody here, you know,” said the couple’s son, Richie Lopez.
Richie and his brother Andy Lopez were joined by neighbors and the Archer Manor Little League during the honorary dedication…
OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — Olathe police and Johnson County dispatchers had to act fast Friday morning to save a wrong way driver who drove down train tracks as two oncoming trains came toward him near Northgate and Woodland Street.
Someone called 911 to report a driver was driving the wrong way on 119th Street around 4:50 a.m. Friday. Police found the driver right as they turned and started driving down the railroad tracks…
The Crawford County Quorum Court is looking for a 911 director for the upcoming consolidation.
Currently, the county has a 911 advisory board, but the board has appointed a committee made up of the county’s police chiefs, fire chiefs, EMS, and sheriff’s department.
Crawford County Judge Dennis Gilstrap said he hopes to appoint a 911 director to be in charge once the 911 dispatches of the county have been consolidated. The new director will become a county employee…
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