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GUILTY PLEA: Ex-9-1-1 Dispatcher Molested Teen Girl
September 27, 2012A longtime Kanawha County Metro 9-1-1 dispatcher admitted Thursday to sexual abuse charges linked to the fondling of his teenage stepdaughter.
Read full articleColorado Theater Shooting: Dispatchers Recount Night of Horror
July 24, 2012AURORA, Colo. — Listening to the recordings from Friday morning’s massacre, you would think dispatcher Kathie Stauffer felt no emotion as she calmly directed resources to the Aurora movie theater where scores were injured and a dozen killed.
Read full articleHorrific Attack at Batman Screening Leaves 12 Dead
July 20, 2012AURORA, Colo. (AP) — As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door. At first he was just a silhouette, taken by some in the audience for a stunt that was part of one of the summer’s most highly anticipated films.
Read full articleStatement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter on This Morning’s Mass Shooting in Aurora
July 20, 2012“Once again our nation’s attention is riveted on a single act of violence that has claimed a dozen lives and left dozens more injured.”
Read full articlePolice: 12 Dead in Colorado Theater Shooting
July 20, 2012AURORA, Colorado (AP) — A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded Colorado movie theater at a midnight opening of the latest Batman movie, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 50, authorities said.
Read full articleDispatcher Calls His Handling of Powell 9-1-1 Call ‘Clumsy’
February 15, 2012The 9-1-1 dispatcher who took a social worker’s emergency call just before Josh Powell killed his sons and himself in an explosive house fire Sunday said he didn’t recognize “the lethal quality” of the call.
Read full articleSpokane 9-1-1 Calltaker Broke Protocol on Handling of Hang-up Call from Murder Victim
February 9, 2012Spokane county officials said an investigation into the December homicide of a Deer Park woman revealed a call to the 911 communications center from the victim’s cellphone was not forwarded to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office for investigation, a breach of protocol that has prompted a review of the center’s procedures.
Read full articleLESA Statement about Powell 9-1-1 Calls
February 9, 2012Things that we now know about this evil tragedy are not always so clear to those involved in the initial moments. What happened with this call first comes to us blindly on the other side of a phone; it is only in hindsight that we see things that are not apparent to the call takers.
Read full articleSheriff Unhappy with Dispatcher in Powell Case
February 9, 2012A 9-1-1 recording reveals a social worker’s urgent attempts over more than six minutes to get a dispatcher to send deputies after Josh Powell locked himself and his two sons in his home.
Read full articleKanawha 9-1-1 Dispatcher Faces Charge in Sex Abuse of Relative
January 30, 2012A longtime Kanawha County Metro 9-1-1 dispatcher has been charged with sexual abuse for allegedly fondling a teenage relative.
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