Tag: 911
Say happy National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week three times fast
I’ve been taking 911 calls for so long that they were originally 91 calls. Well, it seems that way, anyway. It turns out National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week predates my employment in the emergency services […]
The Dog Ate My Homework
Here in dispatch we got all sorts of goodies this year in honor of Public Safety Telecommunications Week, much of it in the form of food from various appreciative members of the public. I especially […]
Making the Holidays More Holiday-ish
Just a little fun from last year … or was it the year before? All these holidays tend to blur together … I always feel a little disjointed when the holidays arrive. I’m never ready […]
Dispatchers Do It By Phone
In 1991, after an unfortunate encounter with a teething baby, a Congressman from Delaware became the very first person to yell, “What’s the number for 911?” Okay, I was kidding about the baby: He just […]
SPARKS BRIEF: Trump Announces “Ties” to China
New York – On President Trump’s first day back at his oval office in Trump Tower, he held a press conference at the 9/11 Memorial. “I love all first responders. I love you from the […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Out of respect for September 11th, a different FHD: Dear Lord, please remember all who gave their lives on 911 and to those who still find the courage to smile after such a horrendous […]
Undercover Cell Phones: The New Police Weapon?
A drug dealer in Tennessee is behind bars because of a confession he voluntarily made to the police—well, sort of voluntarily. This is his tale of woe. The alleged criminal was driving merrily in his […]
Making Fun Of Terrorists (And Other Bad Ideas)
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK I made a promise that I would attempt to go back to humor when I wrote my September 11th column. The reasoning: This is a humor column. Still, it’s […]