09/01/2026
All units, stand by for dispatch:
As of 0600 hours this morning, September 1, 2026, we have completed our final shift as Porter Dispatch. For more than 50 years, we have been on the other end of the radio here in Porter.
Generations of us have answered the phone when our residents needed help, sent our officers into the unknown, and remained behind the radio until everyone made it home.
We weren't the face of the department. We were its voice.
Technology has changed. Officers, Chiefs, and Dispatchers have come and gone. But the voice from Porter remained. Today, we want to recognize every dispatcher who has ever sat behind a radio for the Town of Porter, whether full-time or part-time. You are part of our history, and we are proud to have been part of yours.
To our community and our officers, thank you for trusting the voice on the other end of the line. It has been our privilege to answer the call and serve our community.
In 2014, another chapter in our story began. The Towns of Porter and Chesterton chose to bring their dispatch operations together. Two departments, two communities, one room. That began a partnership that would last more than twelve years.
When our officers or residents needed someone, we answered. For more than twelve years, the voices coming out of this building helped protect two communities and the men and women who served them.
Moving forward, your calls will be answered from a different room, and a new chapter will begin.
But what happened inside this dispatch center mattered. The friendships, the laughs, the cries, and the hard calls all mattered.
To every Porter and Chesterton dispatcher who has been part of this center, past and present, we are proud of what we built together.
To the officers and communities who trusted us for all these years, thank you for allowing us to be the voice on the other end of the radio. It has been an honor.
Porter and Chesterton Dispatch, 10-42 for the final time. September 1, 2026 at 0600 hours. Long Live NORTHCOM.
