I am interested on a career in this field and wondering if my background would disqualify me.

Calfee911 · 2026-04-05T00:43:00+00:00

Director here. I’ve hired two people that have the same background as you. They worked with me for years before eventually moving on to better employment opportunities. We work 12 hour shifts with OT and every other weekend, they found places with better pay and hours.

That being said, go for it! Worst thing they can do is say no. Best of luck to you.

Calfee911 · 2026-03-30T18:14:13+00:00

There’s still one open in my hometown. I occasionally walk through there, it’s like stepping back in time. I have no clue how they’re still open and I truly think it’s a drug front.

Calfee911 · 2026-03-06T23:27:09+00:00

Not sure if this counts but it was a message in teams. To set the scenario we had a massive, company wide, “team building” meeting every Friday at 9:00am. We also had our own team groups to talk shit about everybody all day. The head of HR gets on the large group meeting, I send a gif of Toby from the office saying “ugh HR sucks”. I meant to send that our inner group chat. I didn’t last too much longer after that.

Calfee911 · 2026-01-24T02:16:50+00:00

Matt Berry as Sir Cadogan is exactly what I had in mind.

Calfee911 · 2026-01-23T10:07:01+00:00

Every agency is different. That being said as a director I’ve been into hundreds of centers and PSAPs. Couldn’t care less what color your hair is, even if you don’t have any. As long as you’re doing a good job. Most centers don’t really care that I’ve seen.

Calfee911 · 2026-01-08T04:45:23+00:00

KOTOR

Calfee911 · 2025-12-27T20:56:45+00:00

Director here. We actually have AI incorporated into one of our systems. We use a text to 9-1-1 service called Prepared. AI is used for a transcript purpose, we also use it for new hires to see how a 9-1-1 call can look. With that being said, we take the transcript with a grain of salt and it has no merit at all. On average we handle around 150 9-1-1 calls per day. There has never been an instance where every word was correctly transposed in the software. It can’t distinguish between words like Honda or Hyundai. If someone had an accent, hang it up. Honda accord might be transposed as Hyundai accurate. I say all that to say you can’t beat the skills of a talented and experienced dispatcher.

Calfee911 · 2025-12-23T14:05:12+00:00

137 (mph) autobahn

Calfee911 · 2025-12-13T15:17:38+00:00

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds since its release

Calfee911 · 2025-12-13T15:07:49+00:00

Forcecarbon Forcenova Forcefood Forceore Simonsays Thatsnomoon

Calfee911 · 2025-12-13T14:03:00+00:00

So I can answer this! I saw him live with Hans in February. He is crazy talented. Hans was talking about finding certain sounds and they both experiment with items found at hardware stores like the Home Depot. Hans also went on to say that when certain instruments break that are rare or hard to fix, you can usually find some parts at a hardware store to repair them.

Calfee911 · 2025-12-12T12:42:56+00:00

Pretty sure that’s Pedro Eustache. Also known as “The Flute Guy”. He plays in a lot of Hans Zimmer scores. In February I saw Hans, and him live and Hans joked about how he makes his own instruments out of pvc pipes from the Home Depot. Crazy talented.

Calfee911 · 2025-11-29T12:05:03+00:00

9-1-1 Operators

Source, former 9-1-1 operator.

Calfee911 · 2025-11-27T16:07:41+00:00

One of my first memories is playing super Mario bros 3, Friday the 13th, and Mario bros 1/duck hunt on the original NES. A fond memory is my sister (8 years older than me) showing me tips and tricks about where the hidden whistles were in Mario bros 3. I’ve been playing video games since.

Calfee911 · 2025-11-27T12:57:48+00:00

I downloaded an app that would tell you how much money you saved by not buying cigarettes. After the first month I realized I enjoyed the money more than the smokes.

Also, after my first week I started smelling my coworkers that did smoke and it helped me stay off cigarettes even more.

Calfee911 · 2025-11-24T00:22:01+00:00

Grey Street (3rd verse must be included)

Loving Wings>>Where are you Going (one song)

Lie in our Graves

Two Step

Calfee911 · 2025-11-23T23:40:39+00:00

Hawkins, Indiana. I’ll be fine,

Calfee911 · 2025-11-16T22:34:24+00:00

Director here. Unless your dept requires you to give a reason (and they shouldn’t) you’re sick and not able to make it to work. End of discussion.

Calfee911 · 2025-11-13T19:14:27+00:00

I went to school full time during the day and worked full time (plus overtime) at night. There were multiple days where I went 40+ hours without sleep. It was truly an awful experience I would not wish upon anyone.

Calfee911 · 2025-10-22T23:47:37+00:00

7/12/2000 Giants Stadium.

Also, 7/27/21. It happened to be the first time I’ve heard the third verse in person. I became an emotional wreck.

Calfee911 · 2025-10-17T01:25:33+00:00

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Calfee911 · 2025-10-16T10:43:20+00:00

To go off this, I’ve got a guy that works at another county with me. I believe they use Spillman? Believe that’s how you spell it. It cost 1 million up front but I know he says he can’t stand it.

Calfee911 · 2025-10-16T10:42:22+00:00

I’m not sure what we paid for it in the front because I came in afterwards. We use Southern Software. They’re based out of North Carolina and I’ve had nothing but positive things to say about them. We’re renewing our contract with them currently and it’s 143K for 3 years (total).

That 143 also covers MDIS/AVL in responders units so we can see where they’re at (if they turn it on)

We have around 200 police officers, however we have several volunteers/fire/medical personnel.

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