State officials in Arkansas are looking into an exchange that occurred between a 911 dispatcher and a driver in distress, who eventually died. One America’s Meghann Dyke takes a look at the investigation.

Police say a hiker that was lost in Thetis Lake Regional Park over the weekend was found hours after ignoring instructions from a 911 dispatcher. On Aug. 31, at approximately 10 p.m., West Shore RCMP got a call from a lost hiker in the park. The hiker said they lost...

Dalton Fire Chief Todd Pangle honored Whitfield County 911 dispatcher Nicole Talman with a Citizen Recognition Award at a meeting of the Dalton Public Safety Commission. “Our 911 dispatchers do a great job helping to keep our community safe,” Chief Pangle said, “and...

BENZIE COUNTY, MI – A Grand Traverse County dispatcher and a sheriff’s evidence technician were killed in a motorcycle crash. Joseph Donald Miller, 48, of Beulah, the dispatcher, and Rene Hoxie-Papineau, 62, of Traverse City, died Sunday, Sept. 1, in a crash while...

In an effort to highlight the important work of emergency dispatchers within our community, the St. Helens Police Department (SHPD) is partnering with Columbia 911 Communications District (CCOM) for their next First Thursday presentation at 7 p.m. on Thursday,...

Eau Claire (WQOW)- A lot of people still have to work on Labor Day, including emergency first responders. On Monday, Olive Garden showed its gratitude by delivering lunch to emergency dispatchers in Eau Claire County. Every year, the restaurant chooses different...

Interim Police Chief Danny Baker in a Facebook post on Saturday morning explained why he did not publicly denounce former dispatcher Donna Reneau during a Thursday news conference about Reneau's Aug. 24 911 call with Stevens in her final moments, saying she "knew she...

The director of D.C.’s Office of Unified Communications is weighing in on how long it took dispatchers to send firefighters to battle a deadly blaze two weeks ago. Office of Unified Communications Director Karima Holmes told WTOP she is satisfied with how dispatchers...

ZANESVILLE - Amidst the daily chaos of law enforcement, fire and EMS, lies the men and women on the receiving end of 911. Dispatchers are literally the lifeline heroes of every emergency, according to  Kim Hambel, director of operations...

A groundbreaking ceremony of the new Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center (HRECC) will take place at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the Holbrook Public Safety Building, 300 South Franklin St. The public may attend the groundbreaking ceremony, Director of...

Macomb County’s flashy, modern communications center was plagued over the past three months by air and odor issues that sickened dispatchers and forced the transfer of the operation to Warren for weeks at a time. About 15 to 18 dispatchers at the Communications and...

Written by: Donny Jackson 30th August 2019 Sarasota County, Fla., yesterday announced that it has selected RapidDeploy to provide its 911 emergency communications center with a new cloud-based computer-aided dispatch (CAD)—or cloud-aided dispatch—in an effort to...

After a company that made software James City County police use to manage its records was sold in May, the new owner said it would no longer support the old systems. That prompted county officials to reconsider a merger between the county’s 911 dispatch center and the...

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Montgomery County’s Central Communications Center is one of more than two dozen Indiana counties awarded federal funding to help pay for upgrades to 911 equipment. A $2.8 million federal grant will benefit 29 public safety answering points across Indiana through the...

The Richland County Commissioners gave their OK Thursday for maintenance director Chuck Minich and the sheriff’s office to proceed with plans for remodeling 4,300 square feet of space at the People's Center to provide more room for the 9-1-1 dispatch center and...

It was April, 1989, when William Shatner debuted as the host of a new TV series, “Rescue 911.” It was one of the first reality TV shows that focused on police, firefighters, paramedics, and ordinary citizens as they respond to real 911 emergency phone calls. This...

The Richland County Commissioners gave their OK Thursday for maintenance director Chuck Minich and the sheriff’s office to proceed with plans for remodeling 4,300 square feet of space at the People's Center to provide more room for the 9-1-1 dispatch center and...

KNOX COUNTY, Ky. — The Knox County Fiscal Court adopted a resolution Tuesday during a fiscal court meeting to recognize all 911 dispatchers as first responders. Knox County Judge/Executive Mike Mitchell said this is something that is being done across the...

(Aug. 30, 2019) – Twenty-two law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. The graduates hail from communications centers across the state, and comprise DOCJT’s...