CRIME & SAFETY
Woman facing charges after allegedly hitting nurse at Decatur-Morgan Hospital
MORGAN CO., Ala. (WAFF) - A Morgan County woman is accused of assaulting a nurse at the Decatur-Morgan Hospital on Sunday. Officials say Decatur Police officers were dispatched to the hospital in reference to a patient assaulting a nurse. When officers arrived at the hospital, they spoke with the nurse...
Morgan Co. woman arrested on numerous drug-related charges following traffic stop
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - A Morgan County woman is facing multiple drug related charges after drugs were allegedly found in her car during a traffic stop on Monday. Investigators with Decatur Police Department’s VICE/Narcotics Unit observed a car on the road that had an expired tag, a traffic stop was initiated.
‘A balance of strength and empathy’: The trials and rewards of 911 dispatch
Halfway between Decatur and Hartselle, a small team of 911 dispatchers answer 230,000 emergency calls per year for Morgan County’s 34 law enforcement, fire and EMS agencies. They work 12-hour shifts. There’s mandatory overtime. And every time the phones ring — and they ring incessantly — it could be anything on the other line: a complaint about an incorrect McDonald’s order, a cat stuck in a tree or, on the other end of the spectrum, the raw anguish of a family desperately seeking to save their dying child.
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