What Should Happen to St. Pete's 911 Call Center?
Police Chief Chuck Harmon and Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri each gave their opinions on what they would like to see happen with the call centers at Wednesday night's CONA meeting.
At Wednesday night's Council of Neighborhoods Association meeting, St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon and Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri each gave updates about their departments and took questions from members of the association. After providing updates to ongoing efforts to combat prescription drug abuse and pill mills, the discussion shifted focus to that of 911 call centers. According to the county: "Currently, all 911 calls in Pinellas County are answered at the county’s Emergency Communications/911 call taking center in the lower level of the Pinellas County Courthouse Annex in downtown Clearwater. All EMS/fire units are dispatched from there (ambulance vehicles are simultaneously dispatched from the Sunstar …
DALE FRANKENBERG
7:01 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
I WORKED TWO YEARS IN THE COMM CENTER AND HAVE NEVER WORKED WITH A MORE DEDICATED OR UNSELFISH GROUP. ALMOST EVERY OFFICER CAME UP TO THE COMM CENTER TO THANK US FOR THE EFFICENT HANDLING OF SOME VERY SERIOUS AND HEART WRENCHING CALLS. MOST OF THE 800 OR MORE CALLS I TOOK MONTHLY WERE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT.....JUST GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. NOT ONCE IN TWO YEARS DID CHIEF CHUCK HARMON MAKE AN … more ›