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Tampa Police, Crisis Center offer new mental health program (FL)
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Police Department and the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay have partnered to launch a crisis intervention dispatch service program. The announcement comes during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
First Voice in Crisis: Lubbock Police Department celebrating telecommunicators (TX)
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Lubbock Police Department is honoring the first voice people hear in a time of crisis, celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. The department is sending a reminder there is always someone in its Emergency Communications...
911 communication center hosts open house during National Public Telecommunicators Week (NE)
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - This week 911 dispatchers all over the United State are being celebrated and recognized for the the work that they do. National Public Telecommunicators Week gives people a reminder to thank the dispatchers on the other end of a 911 call. They...
NELA celebrates National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (LA)
WEST MONROE, La (KTVE/KARD) – National Public Safety Telecommunicators week is in full force as local emergency agencies recognize the heroes under the headsets. The honorary week began in 1981 in the state of California and has continuously spread across the nation...
Thank a dispatcher this week (KY)
The second full week of April is recognized each year as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, bringing well deserved attention and recognition to the public safety dispatchers who are an invaluable part of every emergency response team. “Our E-911...
Biden Administration official tours Montgomery County 911 Center (D.C.)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, Alan Davidson, toured Montgomery County’s 911 Emergency Communications Center. Monday marks the beginning of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and on...
Idaho State Police Honors Unsung Heroes During National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
MERIDIAN – Idaho State Police (ISP) is proud to recognize the second week of April as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, paying tribute to the invaluable contributions of our Regional Communications Officers (RCOs) stationed across the...
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to start April 14 (TX)
Law enforcement agencies in Jefferson County, surrounding agencies will honor their 911 telecommunications officers.
Wentworth: Celebrating the dispatchers who keep Eagle County safe (CO)
This week, from April 14 to 20, we celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. The event started in 1981 in Contra Costa County, California. Here in Eagle County, the Vail Public Safety Communications Center takes center stage as we pay tribute to the...
April 14 to 20 is 2024 National Telecommunicators Week – (CT)
911, what is the location of your emergency? This is the first question you will be asked when you dial 911 in Greenwich. According to Greenwich Police, last year, 911 and the department’s other, non-emergency telephones rang over 100,000 times.
This week is National Public Safety Communications week – (FL)
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - National Public Safety Communications week begins today. The week honors the thousands of men and women who answer emergency calls, dispatch emergency professionals and equipment, and render life-saving assistance to citizens.
City of Roanoke celebrating National Public Telecommunicators Week (VA)
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)—The City of Roanoke says they are recognizing the contributions of their communications officers, celebrating National Public Telecommunicators Week from April 14-20.
Celebrate Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (GA)
Every year during the second week of April, the telecommunications personnel in the public safety community are honored. This week-long event, initially set up in 1981 by Patricia Anderson of the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office in California, is a time to...
Emergency communications director praises telecommunications degree program (NC)
HAMLET — Emergency Communications Director of Chatham County Michael Reitz enrolled in Richmond Community College’s new associate degree program for telecommunicators last fall, and he is already seeing the benefits of the training. “It has helped me manage my...
Chesterfield Township to mark National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (MI)
Chesterfield Township’s public safety dispatchers are being celebrated for their hard work and dedication to keep the community safe. The Chesterfield Township Board of Trustees on March 26 adopted a proclamation recognizing April 14 to 20 as National Public Safety...
Designating April 14-20, 2024 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Kane County (IL)
The designation of April 14-20, 2024 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week recognizes the role of emergency dispatchers in safeguarding communities nationwide. Among these vital responders is Kane County's 911 center,
Dickson mayor recognizes dispatchers for Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (TN)
Dickson Mayor Don L. Weiss Jr. issued a proclamation recognizing the employees of the city’s Emergency Communications Department for National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week April 14-20.
Former Salem 911 dispatcher who won settlement against city for not accommodating her as … (OR)
Chelsey Hardy, the former emergency dispatcher who sued the city of Salem for retaliation, said she’s grateful for a six-figure settlement, but said it’s not enough to compensate her for all she lost – a career, a sense of identity and purpose. As others pulled out of...
Plans Being Developed For New Emergency Communication Options On Cape Cod (MA)
HYANNIS – Efforts are continuing to enhance first responder communications on Cape Cod. The Sandwich Select Board recently approved a plan to pursue a dispatch center agreement with Barnstable and Yarmouth. Barnstable County Sheriff Donna Buckley says these are...
Cuyahoga County gets federal funding for upgrades to 911 system (OH)
Cuyahoga County is working on a 911 system upgrade that will help dispatchers find a caller’s location more precisely. President Joe Biden signed a spending bill last month that included $2 million in funding for Cuyahoga County’s 911 system upgrade. But changes...
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