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911 what is your emergency?

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Boone County all officers CPD two is restricted for the ...

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pursuit westbound I-70 from the connector.

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Boone County One-Lincoln-One.

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I'm number three in the chase. I'll remain.

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Only three CPD units currently involved.

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Received. Three-Victor-Six will be ...

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calling the pursuit.

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Boone County Joint Communications 9-1-1 ...

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dispatchers are in charge of taking calls,

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whether they be emergency or non-emergency.

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We also handle all radio traffic for law enforcement in ...

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the area as well as fire and EMS.

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We cover Hallsville, Sturgeon,

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Ashland, Columbia,

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and Boone County.

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A 9-1-1 dispatcher person needs to be well organized,

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a team player and able to work well under pressure.

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The ability to problem solve, work through critical ...

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incidents, it takes a lot of teamwork and ...

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you're continually needing to learn new techniques and ...

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stay up with the trends to help the citizens that you work for.

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You really have to have a lot of patience.

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You have to be able to process information quickly ...

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and then make a decision based on the information that you have.

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The calls we take here at Boone County Joint ...

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Communications range from cardiac arrests to a physical ...

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disturbance to a simple civil matter.

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You handle everything from the stressful to the mundane things.

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Your involved in

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everything that goes on in the community.

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It changes every day.

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Nothing's ever the same.

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The types of calls we take range from the silly to cardiac ...

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arrests, childbirth calls.

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You name it we get a call for it.

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It may be stressful at times, but we are here as a family.

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We're all trained to do the job,

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and nobody's going to let you fail.

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We're going to support each other and help.

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It never stays the same.

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Within Boone County Joint Communications there is ...

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room for advancement, and there's multiple ...

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opportunities for each dispatcher.

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It's not going to be easy. It's going to take a lot of hard work.

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But the end result is amazing.

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We're that link between the public safety community and ...

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the citizens that need their services.

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You 100% save lives every day.

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At the end of the day, you can say you at least ...

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helped one person.

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The rewards about doing this job I think is just a lot of ...

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personal satisfaction that you get from helping others.

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It's been one of the best decisions I've ever made.

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No two days are alike.

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It's not like a factory type job where you spend your entire ...

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time just doing the same repetitive motions over and over and over.

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So, I birthed a baby. (giggle)

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Hi. I'm Chad Martin,

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the (former) Director of Boone County Joint ...

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Communications.

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If you're interested in a new career in public safety,

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come join our team and help be the calm inside the chaos.