Telecommunicator of the Year

 

The Telecommunicator of the Year Committee members had a tough decision to  make with 11 SINGLE nominations and 7 TEAM nominations.  As far as the committee was concerned – all the nominees were worthy of this award!  Many Sheriffs, Chief Deputies, Captains, Supervisors, and Co-workers sent in their nominations praising the hard work, dedication and expertise for the job their employees, friends and co-workers do everyday.  

 

This year the SINGLE AWARD winner is 20 year old Christina Saeugling who has been an employee of Guttenberg PD since September 16, 2004.  Christina’s nomination letter told of her working at dispatch 0700-1500 during RAGBRAI.  By 0900 Christina was fielding numerous phone calls on 911 and wireless 911 of a bus that had lost its brakes on a large hill that is one of the main routes taken into Guttenberg – County Road C7X.  The bus lost it’s brakes on the hill,  passed a long string of cars in the wrong lane, crossed the intersection of Hwy 52 and C7X, jumped the curb, hit the railroad tracks on the other side of Hwy 52 and burst into flames.  Christina had over two hours of pandemonium and did a fabulous job! She was nominated by Chief George Morteo. 

This years TEAM AWARD winner was MUSCOM 911 Communications.  MUSCOM was nominated 2 times – once by their Communications Manager, Joe McCarville for their dedication during the trials and tribulations with the merge of PD and SO and for volunteering their time to help out at Louisa County and doing so with no regard for pay.  Their second nomination came from Louisa County as MUSCOM employees volunteered their time to staff their agency during their time of need.  It took all of MUSCOM employees to make this happen as they had to staff two agencies at the same time.