Echo of Connections

16/04/2023

10/04/2023

Thank you to all the dispatchers and telecommunicators everywhere.

27/01/2023

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Working on Season 2.

Welcome to our podcast about life and wellness as a first responder in emergency services. After 28 years under the police radio headset, Dawn chats with her son Gabe about police dispatching, crime, and life in the trenches. Gabe provides fresh...

13/01/2023

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18/11/2022

Shannon Seulement The Voice of Experience

Welcome Shannon Seulement! She has 34 years as a police dispatcher and plenty of stories to share. I am thrilled to share my mentor and trainers experie…

18/11/2022

New Episode! "Dispatcher Shannon Seulement from Teacher to Dispatcher, The Voice of Experience"

Welcome Shannon Seulement! She has 34 years as a police dispatcher and plenty of stories to share. I am thrilled to share my mentor and trainers experiences with all of you. 14 mins - longevity 15 min - team environment 16 m...

Welcome Shannon Seulement! She has 34 years as a police dispatcher and plenty of stories to share. I am thrilled to share my mentor and trainers experie…

16/11/2022

Coming this Friday ! Shannon went from being a teacher to a police dispather for 34 years! She retired, but she keeps coming back to fill in.
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04/11/2022

New Episode! "What We Can Hear When We Listen to Our Bodies ft. Christina Bour, LMT"

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02/11/2022

COMING OUT THIS FRIDAY :) Christina shares her insights into listening to our bodies.
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01/11/2022

Happy Halloween 🎃
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21/10/2022

New Episode! "EoC Ep 12 Officer Conner O'Leary 1st K-9 Deployment to Save a Child's Life"

Meet Conner O'Leary, the amazing story teller, who shares his journey from the Marines to Police Officer. He takes us on his journey as he finds his way into police work and eventually becomes a K-9 Handler. Conner’s first ...

Meet Conner O'Leary, the amazing story teller, who shares his journey from the Marines to Police Officer. He takes us on his journey as he finds his way…

18/10/2022

This Friday listen as Conner describes going from the Marines to Policing. He goes on to tell us, in cinematic description, his first deployment with K9 Kirby. His first deployment on a cold snowy night to track a man and save a child's life.

14/10/2022

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The rest of the story from Echo of Connections Episode 5:
From KLCC News By Michael Dunn:

Jennifer and Donald Lawson of Springfield are presented a commendation by SPD Chief, Andrew Shearer
The Springfield Police Department has honored a couple who thwarted a kidnapping this spring.

On June 6th, Jennifer and Donald Lawson saw an attempted child abduction on 48th street. The two turned their vehicle around and drove toward the child’s location. That caused the suspect, 28-year-old Tanner Hoover of Ashland, to flee.

The Lawson's subsequently checked on the youth and then called 911. SPD says the couple's actions helped them track down Hoover, who ultimately took his life after being stopped by police.

Chief Andrew Shearer of Springfield PD bestowed letters of commendation to the Lawson's at a ceremony on Monday, October 10, at the Springfield Justice Center.

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14/10/2022

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08/10/2022

A TRIBUTE TO DISPATCHERS

By Chief Thomas Wagoner, Loveland Co. PD

Someone once asked me if I thought that answering telephones for a living was a profession. I said, "I thought it was a calling."And so is dispatching. I have found in my law enforcement career that dispatchers are the unsung heroes of public safety. They miss the excitement of riding in a speeding car with lights flashing and sirens wailing. They can only hear of the bright orange flames leaping from a burning building. They do not get to see the joy on the face of worried parents as they see their child begin breathing on its own, after it has been given CPR.

Dispatchers sit in darkened rooms looking at computer screens and talking to voices from faces they never see. It's like reading a lot of books, but only half of each one.

Dispatchers connect the anxious conversations of terrified victims, angry informants, suicidal citizens and grouchy officers. They are the calming influence of all of them - the quiet, competent voices in the night that provide the pillars for the bridges of sanity and safety. They are expected to gather information from highly agitated people who can't remember where they live, what their name is, or what they just saw. And then, they are to calmly provide all that information to the officers, firefighters, or paramedics without error the first time and every time.

Dispatchers are expected to be able to do five things at once - and do them well. While questioning a frantic caller, they must type the information into a computer, tip off another dispatcher, put another caller on hold, and listen to an officer run a plate for a parking problem. To miss the plate numbers is to raise the officer's ire; to miss the caller's information may be to endanger the same officer's life. But, the officer will never understand that.

Dispatchers have two constant companions, other dispatchers and stress. They depend on one, and try to ignore the other. They are chastened by upset callers, taken for granted by the public, and criticized by the officers. The rewards they get are inexpensive and infrequent, except for the satisfaction they feel at the end of a shift, having done what they were expected to do.

Dispatchers come in all shapes and sizes, all races, both sexes, and all ages. They are blondes, and brunettes, and redheads. They are quiet and outgoing, single, or married, plain, beautiful, or handsome. No two are alike, yet they are all the same. They are people who were selected in a difficult hiring process to do an impossible job. They are as different as snowflakes, but they have one thing in common. They care about people and they enjoy being the lifeline of society - that steady voice in a storm - the one who knows how to handle every emergency and does it with style and grace; and, uncompromised competence.

Dispatchers play many roles; therapist, doctor, lawyer, teacher, weatherman, guidance counselor, psychologist, priest, secretary, supervisor, politician, and reporter. And few people must jump through the emotional hoops on the trip through the joy of one callers birthday party, to the fear of another callers burglary in progress, to the anger of a neighbor blocked in their drive, and back to the birthday callers all in a two minute time frame. The emotional roller coaster rolls to a stop after an 8 or 10 hour shift, and they are expected to walk down to their car with steady feet and no queasiness in their stomach - because they are dispatchers. If they hold it in, they are too closed. If they talk about it, they are a whiner. If it bothers them, it adds more stress. If it doesn't, they question themselves, wondering why.



Dispatchers are expected to have:

-the compassion of Mother Theresa;
-the wisdom of Solomon;
-the interviewing skills of Oprah Winfrey;
-the gentleness of Florence Nightingale;
-the patience of Job;
-the voice of Barbara Streisand;
-the knowledge of Einstein;
-the answers of Ann Landers;
-the humor of David Letterman;
-the investigative skills of Sgt. Joe Friday;
-the looks of Melanie Griffith or Don Johnson;
-the faith of Billy Graham;
-the energy of Charo;
-and the endurance of the Energizer Bunny.

Is it any wonder that many drop out during training? It is a unique and talented person who can do this job and do it well. And, it is fitting and proper that we take a few minutes or hours this week to honor you for the job that each of you do. That recognition is overdue and it is insufficient. But, it is sincere. I have tried to do your job, and I have failed. It takes a special person with unique skills. I admire you and I thank you for the thankless job you do. You are heroes, and I am proud to work with you.

07/10/2022

New Episode! "EoC Ep 11 Millennials on Life, Work, Neuroscience & Marriage ft. Alex & Leah Blankenship"

Join us as we talk to Alex and Leah Blankenship, two of Gabe's friends as we get a younger prospective from trying out for the police force and a brief look into the world of studying the brain. https://www.podpage.com/echo-o...

03/10/2022

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27/09/2022

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Stephanie Conn, PhD. On ways to strengthen our mental armor. How to let it go. How to take care of ourselves. Flip our internal scripts to find joy and resilience.

Strengthening your mental armor Join us as we talk to Stephanie Conn, PhD, author of Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel, Strengthening Y...

25/09/2022

Echo of Connections giving a shout out to our Italian, Canadian, British, Australian, and Irish listeners. Putin? Is that you? 🤔

23/09/2022

New Episode! "EoC Ep 10 Stephanie Conn, PhD on Strengthening Your Mental Armor"

Strengthening Your Mental Armor Join us as we talk to Stephanie Conn, PhD, author of Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel, Strengthening Your Mental Armor, and founder of First Responder Psychology. Steph...

Strengthening Your Mental Armor Join us as we talk to Stephanie Conn, PhD, author of Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel, Strengtheni…

22/09/2022

Our interview with Stephanie Conn comes out TOMORROW. Meet the author, clinician, and researcher behind the guide: Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel.
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09/09/2022

Gabe and I are extremely grateful for the guests who have made Echo of Connections possible. We extended our thanks to Tracey Komisar, Helene Dubov, Tanner & Mandy Bazer, Tony Biglan, and Tina Pardee. Also to our future guest, Stephanie Conn, loads of appreciation for our upcoming episode on Sept 23rd.

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09/09/2022

New Episode! "EoC Ep 9 Training the Trainers ft Tina Pardee"

Tina Pardee is a 16 year police dispatcher who wears many more hats. She is a mother of 2 children, who managed single parenting during her kids teen years. She married a police officer and along the way became an instructor...

Tina Pardee is a 16 year police dispatcher who wears many more hats. She is a mother of 2 children, who managed single parenting during her kids teen yea…

08/09/2022

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26/08/2022

New Episode! "EoC Ep 8 Tony Biglan, PhD Took On Big To***co & Destroyed Joe Camel"

Tony Biglan, PhD, is a Retired Senior Research Scientist from Oregon Research Institute and President of Values to Action. https://www.valuestoaction.org/ . Join Gabe and Dawn as we learn from a leading figure in the developm...

Tony Biglan, PhD, is a Retired Senior Research Scientist from Oregon Research Institute and President of Values to Action. https://www.valuestoaction.org…

12/08/2022

Hear our interview with Tony Biglan, PhD, as we find ways to improve communities and our lives.
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12/08/2022

New Episode! "EoC Ep 7 Improving Our Lives ft. Tony Biglan, PhD"

Tony Biglan, PhD, is a Retired Senior Research Scientist from Oregon Research Institute and President of Values to Action. https://www.valuestoaction.org/ . Join Gabe and Dawn as we learn from a leading figure in the developm...

11/08/2022

This Friday we welcome Tony Biglan!

Tony is a Retired Senior Research Scientist from Oregon Research Institute and President of Values to Action. He is the author of Rebooting Capitalism: How We Can Forge a Society That Works for Everyone, and The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World.

Tony shares his proven programs and effective methods we can apply to problems in our communities and our lives.
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29/07/2022

New Episode! "Ep 6 SendingOut Angels ft. Tanner and Mandy Bazer"

We are thrilled to present Tanner and Mandy Bazer as we talk to them about family life in emergency services. Listen to the amazing strategies they employ to help each other and their family stay grounded, through shift work...

We are thrilled to present Tanner and Mandy Bazer as we talk to them about family life in emergency services. Listen to the amazing strategies they empl…