Lake County Sheriff's Office
                                 Sheriff Daniel A. Dunlap

      CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS

        
Central Communications
2006 Review

                                            by Major Charles Caldwell


 

        
2006 Central Communications Review
                                                    by Major Charles Caldwell



In 2006 the Central Communications Division dispatched 108,925 incidents for the following police and fire agencies:

Ø                    Police Agency               Number of Calls Dispatched

        Ø            Fairport Harbor                 6,199  
        Ø            Grand River                       2,465
        Ø            Kirtland Hills                      7,208
        Ø            Lake MetroParks             3,027
        Ø            Madison Township        13,060
        Ø            Madison Village               5,193
        Ø            North Perry                           626
        Ø            Painesville                      25,130
        Ø            Perry Village                    3,141
        Ø            Headlands Park                   30
        Ø            Lake County Sheriff      30,000
                Sheriff's Office covers police service for Concord, Leroy Township, Perry Township, Painesville Township
        Ø            Timberlake...                    1,652

            Total....................................97,731

Ø             Fire  Agency                       Number of Calls Dispatched

        Ø            Concord                             1,551
        Ø            Fairport Harbor                    725
        Ø            Grand River                            71
        Ø            Leroy                                     338
        Ø            Madison                             2,642
        Ø            Painesville City                 2,981
        Ø            Painesville Township        1,913
        Ø            Perry                                      973

            Total.......................................11,194


        2006  saw many good things happen at the lake County Sheriff's Office Central Communications Division.
        Ø            Sgt. Belinda Brooks completed the Police Executive Leadership College.  Thus bringing the number of
                       supervisors who have completed this prestigious schooling to three in the Central Communications Division.
        Ø            All new flat screen monitors and CPU's were upgraded with new units
        Ø            All eight (8) dispatch consoles were upgraded and standardized.
        Ø            Six (6) new public safety dispatchers were hired, and started their nine (9) month training.
        Ø            The dispatch center became the centralized location for the distribution of all cellular (wireless) 9-1-1 calls
                        for all of Lake County.  The process for training personnel and bringing the cellular carriers on line for phase
                        one was completed by December of 2006.   Phase 2 will begin training and should be completed by the
                         first quarter of 2007.

 
        An interesting note is that our Sheriff, Daniel Dunlap, when he was a Lieutenant under Sheriff Edwin Cunningham, was assigned the project of developing and brining fruition the Lake County 9-1-1 system, and Centralized Dispatch Center.  This was back in 1987.
        The Sheriff's Office dispatch system continues to be a leader in the field of public safety communications.  Modern equipment and a well trained staff makes the lake County Sheriff's Office second to none in the services they provide to 19 police and fire agencies in our County.
        We look forward to providing excellent service to all of the constituents of lake County for the Year 2007 !

      
 

Major Charles Caldwell
Central Communications Commander

2005 CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS ANNUAL REVIEW