Rock County 911 Communications Center Director, Kathy Sukus, has announces Retirement

According to a Rock County press release, the Rock County 911 Communications Center Director, Kathy Sukus, has announced her retirement from public safety. Sukus’s last day will be on October 4. She began her career as a dispatcher at the Beloit Police Department in 1988 and was the first dispatch employee and only Beloit dispatcher hired to join the newly created 911 Communications Center in 1993 when the county consolidated dispatching services and implemented the 911 system in Rock County. Sukus has served as Lead Telecommunicator, Operations Manager, and Interim Director before becoming Director in 2013. She was also named the National Association Public Safety Communications Center (APCO) Director of the Year in 2018. The Center also recently received its eighth accreditation award through the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) since Sukus has been Director. The Center has been accredited since 2000, making it the longest standing accredited communications center in the nation and the only one in Wisconsin. The County has begun the recruitment for the 911 Communications Center position, and applications are due on Friday, September 16. Interested individuals can apply by visiting the County’s website at www.co.rock.wi.us.