TO ALL McDONALD COUNTY VOTERS BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT

Michael Hall

911 Board

chairman

member at large

position currently held by

 Don O’Brien

I WILL BRING DEDICATION, EXPERIENCE

AND KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICES;

COMMUNICATIONS,

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

FIRE &  EMS

TO THE 911 BOARD.

I was born and raised in the Powell area and currently live there with my wife, Kimberly, and my kids, Caitlin and Caleb.

I work at the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office and have for the past 12 years.  I worked as a dispatcher/jailer

at the sheriff’s office and a dispatcher at the McDonald County 911 center.  My current job is operations deputy for the sheriff’s office where I supervise deputies and jailers.

I currently work part time for Freeman Ambulance service and have been a Missouri licensed EMT since 1995.

I am also a volunteer member of McDonald County Emergency Management, McDonald  County Local Emergency Planning

Committee and the Pineville Fire Department.

I want to bring my experience and knowledge to the 911 board.  In all of my endeavors I try to learn more and more.  I want to get people involved that can either give me knowledge or training on what I want to accomplish. 

Over the past couple of years I have worked hard on getting the Missouri Sheriff’s Association Training

Academy to provide classes to law enforcement officers in the county and also helped bring the training academy to McDonald County to put on several basic law enforcement academies here in our county. 

I have worked with previous 911 directors to keep the 911 system up to date by getting grants and being proactive to keep up with growing technology.

I believe that the board is also an important part of keeping all of our emergency services current on radio and computer technology.   

All of the emergency services should work together and I will strive to keep the lines of communication open.

Things I feel can be changed and accomplished when I am elected include:

1. Run as a governmental entity, not a private venture.
2. Run by the board as an entity not controlled by one person.
3. Bring it into compliance with state law regarding how taxes are used, bids area made and approved, and information stored.
4. Insure that the board hires a competent director who can run the operations of the center without daily conferences.

I cannot promise there will not be bumps because any change will be for the good and the county will have its 911 center properly operated.

VOTE!  ELECT

MICHAEL  HALL

TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE 911 BOARD FOR McDONALD COUNTY!

Isn’t it about time we get a board that allows the director to do his/her job and replace the director if he/she is unable to do so without daily supervision?  It is also time to have a chairman who knows about communications systems, knows the community and can work with the citizens and the various entities involved with 911 dispatching.

VOTE NOV 4

Let’s vote for a change in 911 for the good of the county.

          Paid for by Eric Harris personally.

GREGG SWEETEN

REPUBLICAN

CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF

Currently the under-sheriff for Don. Together they have brought the sheriff’s department up to how we would expect a sheriff’s office to be run. Let’s go forward with what we have, not start all over again. The sheriff’s office has worked well the last four year. Keep the ball rolling.

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Also for consideration for voters on the east side of the county here is some information on

Bill Davenport

Eastern 911Board Member

Candidate

I have been a resident of McDonald County for the last 11 years. My wife of 11 years, Jenny has lived in McDonald County all of her life. I have two daughters Becca who is 8 years old, and in 3rd grade at Anderson Elementary. My other daughter Samantha (Sammie) is 20 months old.

    I have been involved in emergency services all my adult life. I began as a volunteer firefighter in Stone County Missouri. I then moved to Baxter Springs, Kansas where I became and Emergency Medical Technician with the Baxter Springs Ambulance Service. I worked full-time and as a volunteer from 1991 to 2003. In 1992 I became involved in law enforcement. I attended the academy at Missouri Southern. In 1995 I began part-time at the Lanagan Police Department which is where I met my wife Jenny who was a Lanagan volunteer firefighter. I then moved to McDonald County in 1997 when I went to work for the Noel Marshals Office. In January of 2000 I went to work for the McDonald County Sheriff's Office. I also worked at a dispatcher for the McDonald 911 center when it first opened.

    I have experience in all facets of emergency services, and emergency communications. I am knowledgeable in radio communications, and programming, I am also an instructor for the Missouri Sheriff's Association, a DARE Officer. I am a member of First Baptist Church in Anderson.