This week is Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and The Courier is highlighting Logan County 911 dispatchers. Regan Dahm knows that calling 911 for an emergency currently occurring can be stressful, scary and overwhelming. "The Emergency Telecommunicators here at...

The City of Statesville is celebrating April 11-17, 2021 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and taking time to recognize the men and women who respond to emergency calls, dispatch emergency professionals, and render lifesaving assistance to Statesville...

Logan County 911 Dispatch is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommuicators Week that runs April 12 – 17 with a needed change that will make the dispatchers job run smoother. Becky Langley, Logan Dispatch Operations Manager, said they will be switching to ProQA...

The efforts of those who take the calls at Chatham-Kent’s 911 communication centre will be recognized this coming week. During National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the Chatham-Kent Police Service stated in a release it will honour dispatchers and other...

In 1991, a formal Congressional resolution acknowledged the vital role that telecommunicators play in emergency situations by proclaiming the second week in April as a week of annual recognition in their honor. National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week is a time...

A deputy director in the Fort Wayne and Allen County police dispatch center was suspended after his profanity-laced Twitter posts with remarks about Black people were discovered. According to information obtained from the city legal department, John Chavez, 47, one of...

Team members from the Department of Public Safety Communications (DPSC) were in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman last week conducting presentations to better inform the public about the life-saving role of 911.“As the first of the first responders, the high level of...

ENID, Okla. — A call comes in to the Enid Police Department’s communications office. “911, what is the location of your emergency?,” a voice calmly says into the phone. The voice, often unknown to the caller, then figures out what’s going on and where — anything...

Rowan University’s Department of Public Safety has once again been recognized for achieving the gold standard in public safety professional excellence. In 2011, the department was the first department at college or university in New Jersey to earn accreditation from...

ALBION – Public Safety Telecommunicators, the 911 dispatchers, are a vital part in an emergency. Through assessment and coordination of each situation, the 911 dispatcher links callers in distress to the correct emergency services needed for rapid response times. Many...

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is being celebrated this week. It’s to highlight the men and women who are the first to respond to an emergency and send help. Action News Jax’s Alicia Tarancon spent the day with 911 dispatchers in St. Johns County....

Culpeper County is acknowledging and showing appreciation to its 911 dispatchers as part of National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week happening April 11-17. Across the nation in times of intense personal crisis and community-wide disasters, the first access point...