Wednesday, April 27, 2011

2011 SLC SWAT School

Deputy Mike Ditolla, DCSO's most recent SLC SWAT School candidate, is participating in SLC's SWAT School during the week of April 24-29, 2011.
Deputy Ditolla ascending the tower during SWAT week.  The word from SWAT School is that he is doing an outstanding job.
And who could forget the fun of CS night? It's all great training and experience.  Keep up the good work, Mike!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MF8nQND-18

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Spring Qualification

It's that time of year again.  Deputies met at the Davis County Shooting range for the spring handgun qualification.  Deputies must show a profiency of at least 80%, with SWAT needing 90% profiency. 

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

EVO Training

Davis County Deputies and Clearfield PD teamed up today for emergency vehicle operations training.  Brakes smoked, tires lost tread, and many orange cones lost their plastic little lives.  But all in all, it was great training and everyone went home safe. 

Monday, April 18, 2011

New Sworn Deputies

The Davis County Sheriff's Office welcomes our newest sworn members to our law enforcement family.  They are:  David Davis, Andrew Hermann, (Shown with Sheriff Richardson) V. Marie Clark, and Summer Walker.  Welcome, and congratulations all!

K9 Stuff

Davis County K9 Handler Jake Shuler and K9 Dax were called for assistance on a traffic stop for UHP.  Dax did a K9 sniff around the vehicle and showed a positive indication on the vehicle for illegal narcotics. 

Sunday, April 17, 2011

15 YOM fell Hiking






A 15-year-old male fell while hiking up Adam's Canyon, past the waterfall.  DCSO paramedics, Cory Cox and RJ Buhler, along with Search and Rescue were called up to the scene.  The victim was lodged between some rocks and unable to free himself.  He fell into the river to thigh deep and was in danger of hypothermia.  Life Flight was called for the hoist, but rescuers were able to free the victim, warm him and he was able to walk out of the canyon with the assistance of Search and Rescue.  Check out the following media links to this story.
Fox 13 News Story

Friday, April 15, 2011

Davis County Sheriff's Dispatch Center celebrates National Dispatchers Week

By Loretta Park

Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Thu, 04/14/2011 - 11:57pm

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Below, Amanda Glezos wears a sun hat in honor of National Dispatchers Week.
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Amanda Henderson wears a hot dog hat in honor of National Dispatchers Week at the Davis County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center in Farmington on Tuesday. The Davis County dispatchers are celebrating this week with non-uniform outfits and food.
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Below, Amanda Glezos wears a sun hat in honor of National Dispatchers Week.
 FARMINGTON -- Silly hats, food on the center table and casual clothing can't stop the 911 calls from coming in to the Davis County Sheriff's Dispatch Center during National Dispatchers Week.
The voice answering the 911 calls is the person the public meets at their worst moments, whether because of a house fire, a medical emergency, domestic violence, a burglary or car accident.
Having a "competent dispatcher on the other end when you're in the middle of an emergency can have a calming influence," said Davis County Sheriff's Sgt. Susan Poulson.
Korilyn Jensen has been a dispatcher since 1987.
For her, several types of emergency calls are difficult.
The first is when a child asks for help because of domestic violence in the home, she said.
The second is when a child requires medical attention.
The third is when an officer "has to shoot somebody," Jensen said. "You want to help, but you can't. They're your family."
This week, April 10-16, is National Dispatchers Week, and Davis County dispatchers are relaxing a bit while performing their job.
On Tuesday, dispatchers wore hats to work -- and not just any old hat, but the silliest ones they could find.
Amanda Henderson, a dispatcher for seven years, wore a hat that looked like a hotdog in a bun. She landed her dispatch job when she was 20, after her mother filled out an application for her.
"I didn't think I could handle it," Henderson said. But her mom believed in her and Henderson learned she could do it.
Most days, the calls Henderson gets are from someone who needs help. Rarely do the dispatchers receive a thank-you call or note from those they've helped, but when they do, it means a lot.
"We just got a nice letter from a 17-year-old who had a bonfire that exploded on him," Henderson said. "It started out as a bad call, but it ended up good."
There are those few calls when the end is not happy.
Henderson recently took a call from a man who was suicidal and shot himself while talking to her.
"Those are the ones that stay with you," she said.
But having a week to wear casual clothes instead of their uniforms, and to play bingo -- dispatch-style, helps make the job a bit easier.
Tom Norvelle, the center manager, said the 24 dispatchers are scheduled to work in one of three shifts, so there is coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
When he started as a dispatcher in 1991, the sheriff had moved the center to its present location. Norvelle, who retired as a chief master sergeant from the Air Force, where his specialty was law enforcement, initially planned to work as a dispatcher for only a few months.
"But there's never a boring day," said Norvelle, who will reach 50 years of law enforcement experience in August.