We had an employee appreciation event that had to be cancelled due to COVID-19, because it was scheduled at an off-site venue. We reached out to all of our public safety agencies that we dispatch for and asked them to send videos thanking our telecommunicators. We have had a great …
We are celebrating our Telecommunicators all week long at DECC despite the pandemic. We have several activities lined-up throughout the week.
Our center decided to still celebrate the week but only partaking in limited activities at this time. The theme of the week is “Wellness”! In all facets of life, we need to make sure we are taking care of ourselves physically and mentally. If you do not take care of …
As far as I know it has been postponed, however myself and 2 other supervisors on my shift have decided to reward our personnel with gifts. Since we are on 12 hour shifts, we are doing something different each day we are at work. Today (Saturday), we did scratch-offs (Positive …
We will be postponing any activities until later. Both the director and a primary supervisor are working at a backup location and we have rules against bringing in and sharing of food right now.
Here at MCSO Dispatch, I feel it’s more important than ever to honor our staff during this week. While some things we had planned will have to wait for next year due to the pandemic, we are still celebrating and I’m excited to honor our team of professionals! We’ve put …
Unfortunately, we had to cancel a bunch of the stuff we had planned; jurisdiction-wide scavenger hunt, cook-off challenge to our departments, presentation of proclamations. I’ve put together a bunch of raffle prizes with lots of ways to earn tickets to put in for the prizes, including mini-games, baby pics and …
We are going to try to make it even more special if we can. It’s really important to try to maintain some normalcy in uncertain times. NPSTW or Dispatch Christmas as we call it is important to them. I’m going to do everything in my power to make it just …
We are going to postpone this year. With everything going on with the virus and the fact that we are moving into a new comm center very soon, we thought it best to postpone. Hoping to reschedule just after we move so that we can celebrate each other and our …
To honor the work the telecommunicators – Thin Gold Line – do as first responders and the sacrifices they make to serve the public, Akimeka is showing our appreciation virtually. We are encouraging all organizations, agencies, and individuals in the industry (or not) to Join the movement with Akimeka during …
We are postponing all events associated with telecommunicator week.
We are celebrating!! We are trying to continue on, business as usual to remain positive and strong in the midst of this storm. We have activities scheduled, prizes, social media posts planned, gifts, etc. COVID will not stop us.
It will be postponed to a later date. After conferring with all the PSAP Managers in the County it was decided to postpone due to how busy they are and the working conditions due to COVID-19.
We have a committee that coordinates and handles the planning for our agencies week long celebrations during NPSTW. As the chair of it and discussing with our Directors I forwarded the following letter: *On behalf of your Cares Committee we wanted to share with you what our plans are for …
Our supervisors are collecting videos from field responders saying thank you, and will edit it together into one video to play during TC Week. They are also creating a “Hunt a Killer”-type game for our people to play throughout the week, with prizes. We will bring in meals for each …
My comm center is still celebrating NPSTW this year. We have a ‘Dispatch Morale Committee’ within our center who’s in charge of scheduling our events and/or gifts. Since the week begins on Easter, we are hosting an Easter egg hunt. Among the typical Easter egg hunt, we will be hosting …
In light of the gravity of the COVID-19 virus situation and the additional work and stress that will fall on our members and others in the public safety community, we are pausing our NPSTW contest. When we re-open it in the future, all stories already posted in the 2020 contest, as well as their “likes” will be maintained.
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