BRUNSWICK, ME — Longtime Brunswick Police Detective Inez Dudley, who retired from the force in 2006 to work for the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit, has rejoined the department as a communications dispatcher.

BERRYVILLE, AR — Due diligence by a dispatcher resulted in a happy ending for a Missouri family whose 80-year-old granddad with Alzheimer’s had gone missing.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, TX — A 74-year-old man traveling to Houston from Austin went from driver to patient when he started to feel chest pain and pulled into the Walgreens Pharmacy parking lot.

PORT HADLOCK, WA — An unplanned outage last week proved to be a test run of a partnership developing between emergency dispatchers in Jefferson and Clallam counties — and it was reportedly seamless.

FALLSBURG, NY — Fallsburg fired its four civilian police dispatchers Wednesday, a move that blindsided dispatchers and union representatives, but which Supervisor Steve Vegliante said will save more than $300,000.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Setting criteria for what constitutes a true medical emergency was among the recommendations included in a report issued Thursday on the status of Kent County’s emergency medical response system.

MANOR, TX — Manor police Cpl. Charles King has a new perspective on childbirth. After helping deliver a baby boy on the side of the road Wednesday night, he appreciates mothers and doctors a whole lot more.