The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is pleased to announce the graduation of its 116th Basic Telecommunications Class.
The three-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 #BT116 Graduation will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019, at the Oregon Public Safety Academy, 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE, Salem, Oregon. Telephone: 503-378-2100. The guest speaker is 9-1-1 Operations Manager, Marcela Haack, of the City of Grants Pass. DPSST would like to invite you to join us in observing the ceremony and congratulating Basic Telecommunications #BT116 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 #116:
Dispatcher Sarah Baley
Lincoln City Police Department
Dispatcher Autumn Barnes
Frontier Regional 9-1-1
Dispatcher Samantha Dee
Oregon State Police
Dispatcher Maycie Dibble
North Bend Police Department
Dispatcher Meredith Gegner
Grants Pass Dept of Public Safety
Dispatcher Kimberli Goff
Willamette Valley Communications Center
Dispatcher Gina Gray
North Bend Police Department
Dispatcher Katelyn Gwin
Grants Pass Dept of Public Safety
Dispatcher Rachael Haller
Umatilla County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Amanda Harker-Owens
Prineville Police Department
Dispatcher Nikki Hepworth
Prineville Police Department
Dispatcher Taylor Hodson
Central Lane Communications Center
Dispatcher Amanda Iles
Coos Bay Police Department
Dispatcher Devinity Johnson
Willamette Valley Communications Center
Dispatcher Brittany Kleiven
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Katelynn Masters
Grants Pass Dept of Public Safety
Dispatcher Nomarie Miro
W.C.C.C.A.
Dispatcher Amy Myers
Josephine County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Kylie Norton
Willamette Valley Communications Center
Dispatcher Benjamin Peters
W.C.C.C.A.
Dispatcher April Potter
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Dispatcher Angel Ray
Florence Police Department
Dispatcher Shannon Ross
W.C.C.C.A.
Communications Specialist Yosajandy Salgado
Central Lane Communications Center
Dispatcher Amber Sullivan
Central Lane Communications Center
Dispatcher Steven Susbauer
W.C.C.C.A.
Dispatcher Melissa Unrau
Albany Police Department
Supervisor Angie Vose
Oregon State Police
## 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 Patricia Patrick-Joling, public member, 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.