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Coomer graduates from dispatch academy

A Russell County 911 dispatcher has graduated from the academy. Skylar M. Coomer is one of 19 graduates from Class 166 of the Department of Criminal Justice Training’s Public Safety Dispatch Academy. Coomer is the […]

Local 911 Dispatch Experienced Outage over the Weekend

On Christmas Day the Russell County 911 Dispatch Center experienced an outage with their phone system, causing emergency 911 lines and their non-emergency administrative line to go down. Here’s Derek Aaron with more… Baker said […]

Joe Michael Irvin Retirement Dispatch Audio

Friday, July 31st brought about retirement for the longest serving police chief in modern times for the City of Russell Springs as Chief Joe Michael Irvin retired from the police department after 24 years of […]

RC Resident Graduates from Dispatch Academy

A Russell County resident was one of nineteen law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. WJRS would like to congratulate Elizabeth E. Bennett […]

KSP Dispatch Receiving Upgrade

An upgrade to the Kentucky State Police 911 emergency dispatching system marks an important milestone for the agency. The Kentucky State Police have been relying on their Computer Aided Dispatch program for over 15 years […]