The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is pleased to announce the graduation of its 114th Basic Telecommunications Class.
The three-week course includes emergency call handling techniques, assisting individuals in crisis, 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.
This is the first class to successfully complete the new three-week course which was increased from two-weeks earlier this year to meet the needs of the state's 9-1-1 professionals and the communities they serve.
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 #BT114 Graduation will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 3, 2019 at the Oregon Public Safety Academy, 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE, Salem, Oregon. Telephone: 503-378-2100. The guest speaker for the graduation is Cathy Orcutt, Communications Director, Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
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.
Graduation Roster Basic Telecommunications BT114
Class Coordinator: Tamara Atkinson
Dispatcher Melissa Brown Baker County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Lydina Cop W.C.C.C.A.
Dispatcher Dahnrae Duran Columbia 9-1-1 Communications District
Dispatcher Michelle Eaton Deschutes County 9-1-1
Dispatcher Hannah Foster Umatilla County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Stephanie Fowler W.C.C.C.A.
Dispatcher Samuel Franconi Lakeview Police Department
Dispatcher Emily Gardner Newberg-Dundee Police Department
Dispatcher Kevin Krallman Central Lane Communications Center
Dispatcher Timothy Kutschera Linn County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Cody Mark Central Lane Communications Center
Dispatcher Robert Marvin Central Lane Communications Center
Manager David McDonald Harney County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Chloe Mleynek-Craft Central Lane Communications Center
Dispatcher Nina Naftzger Coos County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Cynthia Negrete Linn County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Meagan Opel Linn County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher David Otterman Lakeview Police Department
Dispatcher Wendy Pickell Toledo Police Department
Dispatcher Krista Sheppard Oregon State Police
Dispatcher Emily Smith Central Lane Communications Center
Dispatcher Rachael Vandenberg Oregon State Police
Dispatcher Molly Vaughn Toledo Police Department
Telecommunicator Rachel Warren Sweet Home Police Department
## 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.