Cambridge Dispatch Center names Melissa Akers its dispatcher of the year

Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian
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CAMBRIDGE — Ohio Highway Patrol Dispatcher Melissa R. Akers has been selected for the 2023 Ohio Highway Patrol Telecommunications Award at the Cambridge Dispatch Center.

The selection of Akers, 30, is in recognition of outstanding service during 2023 at the Cambridge Dispatch Center as a dispatcher. Post management, troopers and dispatchers chose Akers based on technical job knowledge and ability, enthusiastic work attitude, teamwork, and prompt and courteous response to the public’s requests for information and assistance.

Melissa Akers
Melissa Akers

Akers joined the highway patrol in July 2018 as a dispatcher assigned to the Cambridge Dispatcher Center.

Originally from Pleasant City, and a 2011 graduate of Shenandoah High School, Akers has a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from Marietta College. She resides in Caldwell.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Melissa Akers named dispatcher of the year at Cambridge patrol post