National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is in high gear, and the Suffolk County Police Department honored one of their own who went above and beyond the call of duty to save lives.
Acting Police Commissioner Robert Waring presented Public Safety Dispatcher Kerri Grimm with a Certificate of Appreciation for her work during a police-involved motor vehicle crash with injury.
There were multiple agencies conducting an ATV detail which was not assigned to an SCPD dispatcher. Knowing of the ATV detail, Grimm had the volume turned up and heard urgent transmissions.
She ensured a MedCAT Unit was requested, determined the level of injury, and coordinated with the Third Precinct dispatcher to have units close the road and assist with the landing zone.
The South Shore Press thanks Dispatcher Grimm and all first responders for fighting to keep all our families safe.