GRAYSON COUNTY E-911
Grayson County E-911
The Grayson County E-911 Center is manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing dispatch service to non-profit public safety agencies servicing Grayson County. Presently, the Center employs (11) full-time dispatchers, including a Supervisor/Assistant Director, 9-1-1 Mapping Coordinator, a full-time TAC officer, and (1) part-time dispatcher. The jailer is the dispatch center’s director. Employees initially attend a (5) week Telecommunication’s Academy at D.O.C.J.T. located at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. Thereafter, annual training hours are required to maintain certification. Telecommunicators are C.P.R. and Emergency Medical Dispatch certified.
In May 1994, the Grayson County E-911 Center become Enhanced 911 dispatching for the county’s emergency ambulance services, (7) volunteer fire departments, (4) local law enforcement agencies, after-hours utilities/public works, emergency management, and county/city animal control. In 2001, our communications center moved from the Leitchfield Police Department to our current location at 400 Shaw Station Rd., Leitchfield, KY., adjacent to the Grayson County Detention Center. In 2012, Grayson County E-911 received Phase II certification allowing our agency to take wireless calls and receive additional funding.