Michigan State Police Trooper Mark Fletcher has been named Trooper of the Year for his selfless and heroic action during a deadly 2019 Comstock home invasion.
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Kent County Road Commission communications manager Maura Lamoreaux (second from left) interviews Road Commission of Kalamazoo County representatives Jim Hoekstra, Elli Blonde and Nick Crandall. (Photo courtesy of the County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan).
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan honored the Road Commission of Kalamazoo County (RCKC) with three statewide IMPRESS Awards at CRAâs Virtual Awards Ceremony in late April.
Officials say IMPRESS Awards recognize county road agencies that demonstrate innovation with special projects in communications, operations and collaboration.
RCKC received an IMPRESS Award in Collaboration for âTraffic Signal Preemption Devices;â an Award in Communications for âInformational Meetings Go Virtual;â and an Award in Operations for its âWinter Operations Navigation Syste
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Kalamazoo officers train to rescue people dangling off buildings: ‘We’re like an insurance policy’
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
KALAMAZOO, MI – Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers dangled from ropes, suspended five stories in the air in the city’s downtown during a training Thursday.
The department’s Technical Rescue Team used the Rose Street parking garage in downtown Kalamazoo on April 29 to practice rescuing people while providing medical care, hooking people dangling in the air into their rope system and more. Grand Rapids, Oshtemo Township and Comstock Township fire departments joined KDPS.
As more and more tall buildings join the Kalamazoo skyline, the departments want to be ready to rescue window washers or construction workers who find themselves in bad situations, KDPS Lt. Jason Hendrick said.
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