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 ...

For some time, Jefferson County has been striving to recruit more emergency 911 dispatchers, a critical behind-the-scenes job in the public safety system. When Ian Hillman, director of responsive ...

Nelson Seto, 47. Seto called 911 from his home in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, telling the dispatcher that he was having trouble breathing. The 911 dispatcher sent an ambulance that arrived within ...

Punta Gorda City Council on Feb. 19 voted unanimously to keep its 911 dispatch center under city control in a move that blocks the county from consolidating the city’s dispatch center with the ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WXIX) - Verizon customers may have trouble reaching 911 dispatchers, Middletown police warned Monday morning. “We are experiencing some phone issues with Verizon customers ...

When you call 911 from a traditional landline (a telephone connected to the lines on the poles), a computer in the dispatch center will show the number and address of the phone you’re using. The ...

Punta Gorda City Council on Feb. 19 voted unanimously to keep its 911 dispatch center under city control in a move that blocks the county from consolidating the city’s dispatch center with the ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WXIX) - Verizon customers had trouble reaching 911 dispatchers, Middletown police warned Monday morning. “We are experiencing some phone issues with Verizon customers today ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Louis Porzelt has been helping people in crisis for nearly 30 years, first as a police officer, now as a 911 dispatcher. He’s witnessed the growing strain on Saint ...