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Tour of Genesee County Sheriff's Office

By Howard B. Owens

Today, I toured the Sheriff's Office with Sheriff Gary Maha and got to hang out in the high-tech dispatch center for a good deal of time, learning all about both the technology and work flow. It was very imformative. Steve Sharpe, director of emergency communications, provided great insight into dispatch operations. I spend a lot of time listening to the scanner and I depend on the dispatch center for news, so it was useful to see how it actually works and meet the people behind the professional-sounding voices I hear every day.

Gary Diegelman

It was a pleasure to show Howard how 9-1-1 dispatch operations work and explain the teamwork that happens when the work load starts getting busy.

Jun 4, 2009, 8:40pm Permalink
Howard B. Owens

Thanks, Gary. I appreciate your detailed explanation of what goes on during emergencies.

Gabor, you don't know how tempted I was to ask them to put The Batavian up on the big screen :).

Jun 4, 2009, 9:14pm Permalink

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