CROWN POINT — Lake County is preparing to hire 12 contracted 911 dispatchers to try to reduce the overtime its own dispatchers are required to work due to some 30 vacancies in the county's ...

CROWN POINT — The Lake County Council officially agreed to reallocate $600,000 Tuesday to hire 12 contracted emergency dispatchers to try to alleviate the workload at the county's short-staffed ...

The program will allow dispatchers to get your exact location and you can even video chat with them, if you give them permission through a link. It's one of many things Prepared 911 does.

TUFTONBORO, N.H. –—On a cold evening in January, Jonathan DuBois decided to pick up an extra overnight shift answering 911 calls ... DuBois notified a local dispatcher at the Carroll ...

Bartels also served as a police officer at several law enforcement agencies and as a 911 dispatcher for Gallia County. Court records say he resigned from the dispatch position on Nov. 8 ...

Gerry Steege, emergency communications dispatcher in the Escambia County Emergency Communications Division has been named the county’s February 2025 Employee of the Month. “Thank you for reco ...

While much of the snow from the recent snowstorm has died down in Southern Oregon, the storm brought destruction and a slew of emergencies to the region, drastically increasing the calls to the ...

Most emergency service agencies in Colorado use a shared, statewide radio system, so no equipment changes are needed. The change in dispatch centers also results in a change in the telephone alert ...

Those feuding agencies have since reconciled, and last summer the Consolidated Emergency Dispatch Agency Commission approved the implementation of CentralSquare. “This has been an ongoing debate ...

Besides education and the job market, artificial intelligence has the potential to dramatically change how authorities ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - 911 dispatchers spend a lot of time at their workstations answering phones and saving ...