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Teammates-in-Action: Dionne Tomkins, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office

lisa — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:12:41 +0000

On February 24, 2024, in Sarasota, Florida, Public Safety Telecommunicator Dionne Tomkins was relieving main radios when a bank robbery was reported to dispatch. The bank location was on the county line. She quickly voiced the call to the zone unit and updated responding units as further information was received. Tomkins controlled the incident and […]

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Teammates-in-Action: Britt Whitmire

rileyc — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:16:25 +0000

This date of a notable action by Whitmire given of 2/23/2024 only comes to mind because it is the most recent date that Britt Whitmire worked overtime. That within itself may not sound special or unique.

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Teammates-in-Action: Dispatcher Robin Donahue, Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency

Lauren Larson — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:34:13 +0000

On March 14, 2024, Dispatcher Robin Donahue fielded a phone call from a female who was reporting the male she was with was having a mental health crisis.

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Teammates-in-Action: Stephanie Stone, Tim Walters and Wade Davis, Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office

Lauren Larson — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:48:09 +0000

A 9-1-1 call was received in the early afternoon hours of October 20, 2023, which led to a series of events. A distraught female was reporting a male intruder with a gun in her residence.

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Teammates-in-Action: Derrik Gregg, Scottsdale Communications

Lauren Larson — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 19:38:33 +0000

On Friday, September 1, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona, at approximately 0238 hours, Communications Supervisor Derrik Gregg received a 9-1-1 call that disconnected shortly after he answered.

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Teammates-in-Action: Lyz Wood, Pampa Police Department

Lauren Larson — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:39:00 +0000

On February 27, 2024, Telecommunications Operator Lyz Wood of the Pampa Police Department in Pampa Texas, was dealing with several wildfires that were threatening the city of Pampa and the county.

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Teammates-in-Action: Telecommunicators Hake and Cummings, Williamson County Department of Emergency Services

Lauren Larson — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 18:46:50 +0000

On November 7, 2023, Williamson County Department of Emergency Services in Tennessee received a call for a fire in a wood line. That fire began to grow quickly from being small to peaking at 150 acres.

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Teammates-in-Action: Raionna Temple, Mackenzie Bunker, Metro Nashville Department of Emergency Communications

Lauren Larson — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:03:41 +0000

This month’s Teammates in Action Awards go to two members of the Metro Nashville Department of Emergency Communications.

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Teammates-in-Action: Amy Wilson, Northwest Central Dispatch System

Lauren Larson — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:44:44 +0000

On December 1, 2023, Telecommunicator Amy Wilson, of the Northwest Central Dispatch System in Illinois, answered a call for a subject with a knife at a residence.

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Teammates-in-Action: Troop C, Missouri State Highway Patrol Communications

Lauren Larson — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:48:28 +0000

On September 11, 2023, what appeared to be a malicious attack on the REJIS system, agencies' law enforcement printers were re-routed to Troop C.

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