The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is pleased to announce the graduation of its 112th Basic Telecommunications Class.
The two-week course includes emergency call handling techniques, stress management, civil liability, ethics, criminal law, overview of fire-rescue and law enforcement operations, and a number of other topics. Upon completion of the course, students will return to their employing agency to continue their training for a number of months with a field training officer.
The 9-1-1 training program began in 1993 when the Oregon Legislative Assembly enacted legislation which requires that individuals who receive emergency calls for assistance from the public, meet professional standards for training and certification. There are approximately 950 men and women across the state who work in this profession in city, county, tribal, regional, and state public safety communications centers.
Basic Telecommunications #BT112 Graduation will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 25, 2019, at the Oregon Public Safety Academy, 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE, Salem, Oregon. Telephone: 503-378-2100. The guest speaker is Rita Allman, Communications Supervisor of the Umatilla Tribal Police Department. DPSST would like to invite you to join us in observing the ceremony and congratulating Basic Telecommunications #BT112 on their successful completion of basic training.
The graduating students appreciate the family, friends and guests who make graduation an appropriate conclusion to their basic training at the Oregon Public Safety Academy.
Reception immediately following.
Members of Basic Telecommunications Class #112
Dispatcher Kathryn Barnes
Florence Police Department
Telecommunicator Stacey Batten
Albany Police Department
Dispatcher James Bray
Clackamas County Communications
Dispatcher Shayla Castleberry
Umatilla Tribal Police Department
Dispatcher Gibson Coy
Columbia 9-1-1 Communications District
Dispatcher Brittany Falls
Curry County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Jennifer Fox
Bureau of Emergency Communications
Dispatcher Jessica Fruehling
Astoria Police Department
Dispatcher Westley Giesbers
Bureau of Emergency Communications
Dispatcher Joshua Gonzalez
Klamath 9-1-1 Communications District
Dispatcher Melissa Hedden
Bureau of Emergency Communications
Dispatcher Shelby Henry
Central Lane Communications Center
Dispatcher Megan Johnston
METCOM 9-1-1
Dispatcher Sydney Klebaum
LaGrande Police Department
Dispatcher Julie Konidakis
Bureau of Emergency Communications
Dispatcher Kyla Krehoff
Willamette Valley Communications Center
Dispatcher Brooke Langerman
Wallowa County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher James Lathrop
Bureau of Emergency Communications
Dispatcher Brian Lemaster
Oregon State Police
Dispatcher Sara Marcus
Central Lane Communications Center
Telecommunicator Falicia Martin
Newberg-Dundee Police Department
Telecommunicator Brodie Naive
Lake Oswego Police Department
Dispatcher Jessica Olwa
Bureau of Emergency Communications
Dispatcher Madalyn Pursel
Bureau of Emergency Communications
Dispatcher Elizabeth Rodriguez
Josephine County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Chelsey Rosenbalm
Willamette Valley Communications Center
Dispatcher Colin Scannell
Bureau of Emergency Communications
Dispatcher Timothy Scott
Harney County Sheriff's Office
Telecommunicator Kaila Shaw
Curry County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Sara Stover
Clackamas County Communications
Dispatcher Kate Tooke
LaGrande Police Department
Dispatcher Jonathon Wheeler
METCOM 9-1-1
## Background Information on the BPSST and DPSST ##
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy which spans more than 235 acres in Salem. The Academy is nationally recognized for its innovative training programs and active stakeholder involvement. Eriks Gabliks serves as the Director, and Sheriff Jason Myers of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office serves as the Chair of the Board. The department implements minimum standards established by the Board for the training and certification of more than 40,000 city, tribal, county and state law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole and probation officers, fire service personnel, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and private security providers.
DPSST provides training to more than 25,000 students each year throughout Oregon and at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem, certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and reviews and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Board.