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Bangor Police Promote Dispatcher to New Communications Supervisor Post
July 23, 2012BANGOR, Maine — A dispatcher for the Bangor Public Safety Communications Center was promoted last week to the newly formed position of communications supervisor, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards announced Thursday.
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July 23, 2012The union representing dispatchers for the Northwest Central Dispatch System presented a vote of no confidence in the agency’s management at a board of directors meeting Thursday morning in Arlington Heights.
Read full articleDispatchers Receive Financial Incentives
July 14, 2012New Berlin – Keeping critical emergency 911 dispatchers on the job when they know they won’t be working for New Berlin this time next year is as tricky as handling five 911 calls all at once.
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June 6, 2012We all know that being a 9-1-1 dispatcher/telecommunicator isn’t your average job. With the ups and downs, the good and bad calls, we all want to throw in the towel at times. The unfortunate ending is that some toss that towel in before we have a chance to get someone else in their chair. Are they truly leaving because the job is too much for them?
Read full articlePhones Not Private, According to Police Manual
April 23, 2012SOUTH BEND – Reasoning behind the city’s firing of the police communications director flies in the face of employees’ rights stipulated in the South Bend Police Department’s duty manual.
Read full article25-Year Veteran of SBPD Is Fired
April 16, 2012SOUTH BEND – First it was the police chief. Now the South Bend Police Department’s director of communications is out of a job.
Read full article9-1-1 Commission Mulling Changes to Pay Plan
March 23, 2012Members of the Communications District No. 1 Commission, which oversees the 911 system in the parish, are looking at making changes to the contracts it has with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office and the municipalities it serves.
Read full articleTownsend (Mass.) Selectmen Support Creation of New Dispatch Supervisor Job
January 18, 2012Police Chief Erving Marshall and Lieutenant David Profit requested approval for a new, supervisory position in Townsend’s communications department Tuesday. Selectmen unanimously passed a motion to support the creation of the position for fiscal 2013.
Read full articleTownsend Chief Requests Support to Create New Dispatch Supervisor Position
January 18, 2012By Katina Caraganis, Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) TOWNSEND — Police Chief Erving Marshall will go before the selectmen tonight…
Read full articleEmergency Dispatching: Not for the Faint of Heart
November 18, 2011The hallway to Roanoke County’s emergency call center is lined with photos of recruits from recent years. The other day, Aleta Coleman, a longtime supervisor, was listing the places some now work. From 2003’s class, one left for Carilion Clinic. From 2004, one left for the Internal Revenue Service. From 2006, one left for the Virginia State Police. From 2007, one left for a local restaurant. From last year, one left for Franklin County’s call center.
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