Opinions
Our Opinion: The hidden heroes (MO)
We join local law enforcement agencies in celebrating the “hidden heroes” — the telecommunications operators whose behind-the-scenes work is just as important as police you see out on the streets. This week is National Telecommunicators Week, which occurs every year...
Voices Above The Storm
Much has been written about the guardians who serve us daily: the police, fire fighters, and EMS personnel. Their positive contributions to our wellbeing are often profound … and visible. Yet there is another class of sentinels whose contributions are just as...
LETTER: Honor our local telecommunicator superheroes (MO)
Dallas County 911 is preparing to honor our dispatchers during National Telecommunicator Week starting April 11. In October 1991, the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials received a congressional and presidential proclamation designating the second...
Community should be proud of dedicated professionals of Knox 911 (TN)
In 1986, the political leaders of Knoxville and Knox County formed the Knox County Emergency Communications District, or Knox 911. It was a well-thought-out vision and has undoubtedly saved many lives in our community. Knox 911 is a stand-alone entity whose mission is...
Appreciation expressed to dispatchers, telecommunicators (VA)
The Lake Gaston 911 Community Taskforce invites residents to join us as we honor dispatchers and telecommunicators during National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week, April 11-17, 2021. We want to say thank you to our 911 dispatchers for the tireless and critical...
Past, Present, More To Come
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week 2021 is less than two weeks away (Sunday April 11 through Saturday April 17) creating the ideal time to revisit the history of 911 and see where we are today.
Editorial: County dispatch center offers Ripon better, faster service at less cost (WI)
Recent objections to a proposal to move Ripon’s dispatch center from Ripon City Hall to Fond du Lac County have come in the form of first-person testimonials which, while gratifying in their endorsement of Ripon’s stellar emergency personnel, unwittingly make the case...
Our View: Thank you, Sheriff Jeff Danker, for all of your hard work and dedication (IA)
For more than 40 years, Jeff Danker has worked to protect people. For the last 28 years, he has done much as the sheriff of Pottawattamie County. During that time, he and his staff have worked diligently to make sure the county stayed current with the technological...
Your Views: Readers talk 911 dispatchers and more (IA)
Thank you to Hanusa, Dawson on 911 bill On behalf of Iowa APCO and Iowa NENA, we want to thank the 88th General Assembly of the Iowa Legislature for passing Senate File 2373. This bill made an important change to Iowa law by defining telecommunicators/911 dispatchers...
Dispatch center decision should be made on data and practicality (WI)
I have been watching the discussions on the 911 system at the City Council level. As someone who worked on the team that installed the initial system and was the team leader for the development and installation of the radio communications system project in FdL County...
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