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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2018

Subject Brutally Beats Mississippi Dispatcher at Police Station

A Mississippi dispatcher was brutally beaten last week when a man showed up at the police department and attacked her, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 17, 2018

Colorado Dispatcher Reunited with Officer She Helped After Traffic Crash

Police said Erica Limon — a Denver 911 Communications Center dispatcher and certified EMT — was on her way home after picking up her kids from school when she saw debris flying from a crash. She stopped, told her kids to stay in the car, and ran to the scene. There, she found Lakewood Police Officer Mark O’Donnell — who had been on duty, riding his LPD motorcycle — lying on the ground, moving and breathing, but seriously injured.

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Articlesby Jon AdlerJune 18, 2018

Stop The Falling

If companies can predict consumer behavior with considerable accuracy, is it outside the realm of possibility that the same could be done for criminal behavior?

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2018

Company Says It Provided Right Address to Dispatcher the Night Missouri Officer Killed

The day after the shooting, investigators revealed the 911 call originated in Windsor, Mo. But dispatchers sent police to a home around 20 miles away in Clinton, Mo.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 8, 2018

Slain Missouri Officer was Dispatched to Wrong House

He should have been dispatched to an address in Windsor, 25 miles away, where the call originated.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2018

Video: CA Dispatcher Donates Kidney to Officer

San Diego police Officer Art Calvert will soon receive a kidney transplant, thanks to co-worker and dispatcher Debra Ballard, who has offered to donate her kidney.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 7, 2017

Illinois State Police Begin 'Silver Search' Training

Illinois State Police officials have launched statewide training for officers in dealing with Alzheimer's disease patients who wander away and need to be found.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 28, 2017

Ohio Man Called 911 Asking for a Police Dog to Help Him Find Stolen Heroin

A Bath Township, OH, man was arrested earlier this year after he called 911 requesting a police dog to help him track down some heroin that was stolen from him, police say.

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Videosby Staff WriterApril 14, 2017

San Francisco Dispatcher Honored for Actions on the Night an Officer was Shot

It happened in the last hour of her shift, but she stayed on throughout the night, making sure the wounded officer was quickly transported to the hospital. Then she coordinated with the responding officers in their search for the suspect, who was cornered and fatally shot.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 15, 2017

Cleveland Dispatcher Disciplined Over Tamir Rice Shooting

A 911 dispatcher who took a call that led to a Cleveland police officer's fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy, who was playing with a pellet gun, outside a recreation center has been suspended for eight days.

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