4/18/13 - Livingston County 911 Central Dispatch honored the outstanding efforts of its dispatchers yesterday as part of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. The ceremony held at the dispatch office handed out dozens of awards for the performance of dispatchers in high-stress circumstances, such as an aircraft crash in Brighton last September, a patrolman injured by a drunk driver in March, and the injury caused by the I-96 shooter in October. The Employee of the Year award, which is determined democratically by the entire staff, went to Joni Stidham, who was involved in at least four critical incidents and received a Life Saver award for her work as part of a team that responded to a suicidal woman. Stidham (pictured receiving award from 911 Director Don Arbic) tells WHMI working to support the team is critical to being successful as a dispatcher, so the Employee of the Year recognition means far more to her than any of the other awards because she had to be chosen by her peers. She says she was not expecting to receive the award. (TD)
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