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Ketchikan seeks borough money for 911 call service

...tell me where I can start referring the (911 calls) to on July 1. Because it's my...and borough residents pay a $2 fee for 911 service.Amylon said he did not agree with...center costs.The suggestion of cutting off 911 service caught Bockhorst and others by surprise...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-29/ketchikan-seeks-borough-money-911-call-
State
Security officer helped stop sex assault in progress

...and a half minutes after Security Officer James Shipley called 911.Police said earlier they arrested Fawcett on suspicion of first-degree...affidavit states.Shipley instructed Fawcett to leave and called 911 as Fawcett fled. Shipley reported it to police as a "possible...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-15/security-officer-helped-stop-sex-assaul
Local
Parents and grandparents - protect school nurses from cutbacks

...in over half of our schools.What are the options for dealing with a sick or injured child in a school without a nurse? Call 911 or call the parent/grandparent. So, make arrangements with your employer to either be called to school or called to the emergency...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-12
Letters
CCFR rescues injured hiker early Tuesday

...the trail to above Ebner Falls where he spent the night Monday. In the morning, he made contact with other hikers who called 911.Krebsbach said CCFR loaded him into a basket and carried him down the trail to a waiting ambulance. He was taken to Bartlett...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-07
Local
Police facing questions in 3 women's Ohio rescue

...were rescued after one of them kicked out the bottom portion of a locked screen door and used a neighbor's telephone to call 911."Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she breathlessly told a dispatcher in a call that exhilarated and astonished much of the...

http://juneauempire.com/john-coyne/2013-05-08/police-facing-questions-3-womens-o
Trooper arrest investigated after girl's YouTube post

...Waite's actions, based on the video alone.The troopers, Brian Mitchell and Boyd Branch, went to the home in response to a 911 call reporting a medical emergency involving someone "who had swallowed an unknown number of pills," Mitchell wrote in an...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-02/trooper-arrest-investigated-after-girls
State
Fairbanks police are back in black with new SUVs

...black letters. There also is gold lettering that says "Golden Heart City" on the front quarter panel and "Emergency call 911" on the rear quarter panel.It was Lt. Dan Welborn who suggested the black-and-white color scheme, which was met with...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-29/fairbanks-police-are-back-black-new-suv
State
Don't forget to thank a dispatcher this week

...of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week.Mayor Merrill Sanford delivered a proclamation expressing gratitude to the 911 call-takers, dispatchers, trainers and technicians who work tirelessly - and often behind the scenes - to help during emergencies...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-18/dont-forget-thank-dispatcher-week
Local
Police: Man dozing inside Court Plaza Building arrested for burglary, criminal mischief

...Gifford said responding officers discovered a glass door had been shattered. The building security officer (who had called 911) reviewed surveillance video footage of the area which showed a person entering the building, but no one exiting.Police officers...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-23/police-man-dozing-inside-court-plaza-bu
Local
Guilty: 5 years for 2012 stabbing

...folding knife. Paul did not attend the sentencing hearing.Police responded to the Super 8 Motel on June 15 after receiving a 911 call from one of the motel employees. A police investigation revealed about 10 people were in the room and drinking alcohol...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-11/guilty-5-years-2012-stabbing
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