Everyone deals with work related stress, but some jobs take things to a different level. 911 dispatchers have to deal with traumatic situations on a regular basis, and most have to quickly transition from one to another without skipping a …
Most 911 calls do not have a traditional happy ending. An unidentified emergency dispatcher in Belding, Michigan learned that firsthand when she received a call from a distressed 21-year-old woman this week. “He hit me, and I shot him. Oh …
911 dispatchers all across the nations have their fair share of unbelievable stories. This incident happened a little while ago but was just recently brought to light. Keith Weisinger worked as a dispatcher between 2004-2006 in Portland, Oregon, and gives …
Mariah Graham, a 911 dispatcher in Council Bluffs, Iowa and for the whole of Pottawatomie County, lost her husband earlier this year to cancer. That is a traumatic experience by anyone’s standards, however, even more tragic news quickly followed. Graham …
The primary job of an emergency dispatcher is to quickly and efficiently direct responders to the scene of a crisis. Alongside this, many dispatchers stay on the line to help keep callers calm until a responder is able to arrive …
A 911 dispatcher in Aurora, Colorado got a chilling call in early September. A man said “we are about to start striking fear shooting down all cops that we see by their selves.” He went on to also threaten the …
A 911 dispatcher in North Carolina got a call from a highly distraught man on September 20, 2015 rambling about drowning his own children. Alan Lassiter had apparently picked the site at random and did not know where he was. …