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Luzerne County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (369 words) |
 | Luzerne County is infamous for being the last county whose sheriff legally formed a posse to restore order in a time of civil unrest. |
 | In the county, the population is spread out with 21.00% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who are 65 years of age or older. |
 | Luzerne Country is the only county in the United States with the majority of citizens reporting Polish as their primary ancestory; the majority of Pennsylvanians report German or Pennsylvania Dutch. |
| Live dispatch (669 words) |
 | Luzerne County 911 does all dispatching and emergency traffic for Luzerne County with 2 exceptions: Hazleton City and Kingston, both of whoom are self dispatched. |
 | A: Although Luzerne County is one of the busiest Counties in North East Pennsylvania at this time there are no active incidents going on, keep listening and you'll be sure to hear something in the next few minutes. |
 | Luzerne County uses a 3-2-1 method where the "home" unit gets 3 tones, if they do not respond the 2nd due unit will get 2 dispatches, followed by a 3rd due who will get 1 dispatch. |