Eleven months ago, Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies joined in a high-speed chase on Interstate 55.
As troopers with the Mississippi Highway Patrol pursued 24-year-old Jamarquis Black, who had kidnapped his girlfriend and was fleeing MHP and a U.S. Marshals Task Force, local deputies found themselves turning to cell phones and yelling through car windows to communicate with the troopers…
The city of Ripon recognized its communications officers Tuesday with a proclamation and commendation in honor of Telecommunicators Week, which runs Monday through Friday.
Mayor Ted Grant read a proclamation, while Ripon Police Chief Bill Wallner and aldermen expressed gratitude for the five women who have continued to do their jobs while the city debated for months whether to consolidate its dispatch center to Fond du Lac County. After initially voting to keep the service in Ripon, the Common Council flipped and decided to transfer it to the county…
Berrien County’s 911 Dispatcher of the Year is Tyler Prenkert. During a Thursday meeting of the Berrien County Board of Commissioners, the 911 Advisory Board’s Jack Fisher said Prenkert helped save a 72-year-old disabled woman from her burning home last December…
April 11-17 recognized as National Public Safety Telecommunicators week for hard work and poise under pressure.
Clackamas County is honoring the hard work, poise and courage of its 911 dispatchers by recognizing April 11-17 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week…
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (KNEP) – Dispatchers have an important role to play when they take in emergency 911 calls and to get the necessary help for those callers. This time of year they get recognition for all the hard work they do. It’s National Public Safety Telecommunicator’s Week.
Torrington Police Department dispatch said the job is high stress and long hours. Missing family gatherings and holidays are a common occurrence. The job requires lots of care and passion for what they do. Dispatchers cannot get too emotionally involved with emergency calls…
