Michigan Supreme Court revives Saginaw 911 dispatcher’s whistleblower lawsuit in fatal shooting case

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week honors vital role of 911 dispatchers

OREGON, Ill. (WTVO) — This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, highlighting those who answer the call whenever 911 is called. "When we get a 911 call, it could be something as little as someone needing help back up because they fell down to a very big accident," said Samantha Crawford, who has been a dispatcher in Ogle County for 3 years. "I've always wanted to be in a field that helped people, and I wasn't really sure how I w…

Michigan Supreme Court revives Saginaw 911 dispatcher’s whistleblower lawsuit in fatal shooting case

LANSING, MI — Bleeding from five gunshot wounds, a Saginaw woman began pounding on the door of a West Side house seeking help in the summer of 2021. Though someone called 911, it would take more than an hour for emergency personnel to arrive, by which time there was no saving the 23-year-old woman, N’ala J. Wallace.