- October 28, 2024
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The Florida Sheriffs Association announced that Public Safety Telecommunicator Specialist McKenzie Davis of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has been selected as the 2021 Dispatcher of the Year. Each year, this award is presented at the FSA Winter Conference to an officer who has demonstrated exceptional service in the line of duty. The award is sponsored by L3Harris Technologies.
Davis began her career at the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office in 2018 at only 19 years old. She is the daughter of Detention Services Cmdr. Glenn Davis.
In her short time in the communication center, she has made an incredible impact on the community and within the agency. She excels at being able to take control of situations and remain calm during high stress situations. She consistently performs to exemplary standards and was credited with saving a total of four lives in 2020, two of them within one hour apart on the same day.
As a communication specialist, each shift is different and you never know what is going to be on the other end of the call. You must be mentally prepared, skilled and ready to handle any emergency.
On Aug. 5, 2020, Davis answered a call of a mother who stated her one-year-old daughter was having a seizure and had stopped breathing. Davis remained calm and reacted immediately to talk to the mother through CPR instructions while fire rescue was responding. When the mother started to panic, Davis reminded her to stay focused and continued to walk her through all the CPR necessary steps. After a round of CPR, the mother advised Davis that the baby started breathing again. Davis received a lifesaving award for this event.
