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Leon County’s Superstar

Communications Training Officer [CTO] Marilyn Brawer is the radio dispatcher who I would trust with my life. She consistently exceeds expectations. CTO Brawer works every call as if it’s the only one going on at …

Emergency Medical Dispatcher

My night shifters squad always has my back! We can always read each other like a book and know when someone is in need of help. We are all willing to step up to the …

The Magnificent Seven

Our job is definitely not easy and can be extremely stressful, but knowing I have the BEST team behind me makes working shift so much easier.  If anyone had told me 18 years ago that …

Thing 1 & Thing 2

Bethany & Stephanie are 2 peas in a pod. They both began their careers in emergency dispatching at a Marine Corps Air Station in Japan. They quickly became the “A-team,”although a giggle jar had to …

Workplace!! A Mid-shift full of (side) Kicks!

While working midnight shifts can be exhausting, dead of the night boring and often times a real challenge to fake out the circadian clock, we have a terrific group of people who use humor, laughter …

I do it for and because of her…

After 20 years in the real estate business, I had no idea what I wanted to do… staying home was boring since the kids went to school. I knew I wanted to something I liked, …

Granny 911

We’ve heard it all before–screaming, cursing, background noises, and sometimes deafening silence–but one of our callers inadvertently gave a nickname that we cannot forget. Carol Easley began as a trainee in 2014. She took the …

Go US Coast Guard!!

As a component of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as well as a member of the US Armed Forces, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) carries out a myriad of statutory missions. The …

Otero County SO Dispatch Originals

Happy Telecommunicators Week to an amazing group and to all Telecommunicators! Otero County Sheriff’s Office Telecommunications First Responder team of 13 serve their community  in Alamogordo, New Mexico (In the middle of the desert in …

Aurora911 Management Team

This group of people are my real life sidekicks!! I get the pleasure of working with them day in and day out! No matter what is going on everyone has each other’s backs. Each member …

My partner in solving crime

Let me tell you about my right hand (Wo)man. My partner in crime, fighting. My loyal, like minded (usually) work sister, Sabrina. Sabrina started a few years after me. Our first shift together I said …