The 911 dispatcher who took the call from a social worker minutes before John Powell killed himself and his two sons in an explosion was reprimanded for his handling of the call, FOX13 reports.

A Las Vegas 911 dispatch operator will keep her job after hanging up on a caller who came home from work to find his mother dead – and now the city’s fire department is planning to hire a quality ...

Last week, we reported that current free-agent football player Richard Sherman was arrested and faces several charges, including one on suspicion of burglary domestic violence. The cornerback was ...

A frightened 20-year-old rape victim received zero sympathy from 911 dispatcher. June 12, 2014— -- Emergency dispatchers have a tough job answering life-altering calls to the most traumatizing ...

If there is one thing that is harder than being a 9-1-1 operator/dispatcher, it’s training someone to be one. Not everyone chooses to be a trainer. Not everyone who chooses to be one is a good one.

On an ordinary day, you’re at the station with your crew when the tones go off, followed by dispatch: “Engine 15, Engine 437, Wagon 12, Ladder 6, Ladder 15, Battalion 42A: Respond to an automatic fire ...

(AP) A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding a day later, despite a plea ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Charleston County is short more than 45 people who handle 911 calls, according to Director of the Charleston County Consolidated 911 Center Jim Lake. Lake said the 911 operator ...

WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J. – COPS Monitoring, a provider of professional monitoring services, announced that one of its dispatch team members, Dorjan Engram, has been recognized as the Integration Association ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 911 dispatcher who allegedly hung up on a woman inside the Tops grocery store during Saturday's massacre is now on paid administrative leave. The allegation came from Latisha Rogers, ...

SEVEN NEWS. THIS JOB IS A 24 OVER SEVEN 365 DAY POSITION. SO THAT’S THAT’S A LOT TO IN ITSELF. HAPPENING NOW A911 DISPATCHER SHORTAGE IS AFFECTING CITIES NATIONWIDE INCLUDING HERE IN NEW MEXICO.