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Covington Sheriffâs Dept. hires additional full-time dispatchers
Covington Sheriffâs Dept. hires additional full-time dispatchers By Charles Herrington | May 8, 2021 at 6:35 PM CDT - Updated May 8 at 7:04 PM
COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) - The Covington County Sheriffâs Department has hired some new full-time radio dispatchers and Covington County Sheriff Darrell Perkins says it should improve 911 service in that county.
Last week, three new full-time employees for the 911 dispatch were hired, which brings the total number of full-time dispatchers to eight.
About two months ago, the Covington County Sheriffâs Department took over dispatch services, after the resignation of former emergency management director and 911 coordinator Greg Sanford.
Covington County officials search for new EMA/911 director
Covington County officials search for new EMA/911 director By Charles Herrington | April 9, 2021 at 7:17 PM CDT - Updated April 9 at 7:18 PM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Covington County supervisors continue their search for a new emergency management director and 911 coordinator.
Former EMA director Greg Sanford resigned about three weeks ago.
He led the county agency for twelve years.
Currently, Schaus Professional Services is handling administrative duties at emergency management, while the Covington County Sheriff’s Department is running the 911 dispatch.
“Right now, we’re putting in the qualifications to get a qualified individual, it is a very, very tough job and we’d like to get somebody with experience,” said Guy Easterling, Covington County chancery clerk.
Disaster relief trailers stolen from Covington-Jefferson Davis Baptist Assoc.
Disaster relief trailers stolen from Covington-Jefferson Davis Baptist Assoc. By Charles Herrington | January 27, 2021 at 3:01 PM CST - Updated January 27 at 5:28 PM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Two large trailers, including one being converted for food delivery, were stolen early Wednesday morning from the offices of the Covington-Jefferson Davis Baptist Association on State Route 35.
Association mission director Rev. Tommy Broom says the trailers were parked behind the building and out of sight of the highway.
Broom thinks they were taken sometime between midnight and 6 a.m.
The mission director said one trailer had carried storm relief equipment for years and was being turned into a food delivery vehicle to help disaster victims.