Dispatcher

• Lethbridge Police making non-emergency line fully automated

  The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system will route calls to the appropriate agency of the city or unit of the police department.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2023
  
• Morale among paramedics in the Maritimes at an ‘all-time low:’ N.S. union president

  Burnout among paramedics is a big issue, says one Nova Scotia union president.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2019
  
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• Peterborough woman says 911 dispatcher hung up during call about mother’s heart attack

  A Peterborough woman says a 911 dispatch hung up on her during a call about her mother's heart attack.

  Canada

  May 11, 2018
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• Abducted North Carolina woman saved after dispatcher tracks location through cell phone, texts

  A woman trapped inside the trunk of a moving car is now safe all thanks to an emergency dispatcher’s tech savvy thinking.

  World

  Jan 26, 2017
• Woman accidentally calls police in Massachusetts to report car crash in England

  A scene right out of a sitcom played out after a woman in Barnstaple, England phoned police to report a car crash – and ended up calling police in Barnstaple, Massachusetts.

  Tech

  Sep 21, 2016
• Woman calls 911 after pizza shop gets order wrong; wants police to get involved

  A Connecticut woman called 911 asking for police to help get her money back after a pizza store got her order wrong.

  World

  Mar 29, 2016
• LISTEN: Police release 911 audio in Toronto-area ‘swatting’ incident

  York Regional Police have released 911 audio from a case of "swatting" that prompted a heavy police response at a Toronto-area home over the weekend.

  May 26, 2015