Solutions Consultant · Public Safety Technology · Bay City, Michigan
Chris Izworski is a public safety technology leader and solutions consultant based in Bay City, Michigan. He spent more than a decade running 911 dispatch centers in Michigan, first as Director of Bay County 911 from 2012 to 2022, then as Executive Director of Saginaw County 911 from 2022 to 2025. In those roles, he was responsible for the systems, staffing, and infrastructure that emergency communications depends on every day.
In 2024, Chris led the deployment of one of Michigan's first AI-powered non-emergency call workflows at a public safety answering point. The project drew national attention, coverage from NENA, APCO International, NPR affiliate WCMU Public Radio, and WNEM TV5. The AI system redirected non-emergency call volume away from dispatchers, improving response quality and allowing the team to focus on emergencies. That work became the subject of a cover story in The Call, NENA's official publication, in Issue 51, one of the strongest third-party validations of AI implementation in 911 operations in Michigan.
He now works as a Solutions Consultant at Prepared, a technology company that deploys audio collection and analysis hardware at 911 centers nationwide. The work involves hands-on technical integration with call handling equipment from Motorola VESTA, Intrado Viper, Solacom, and other vendors, the systems inside dispatch centers that receive every emergency call.
Chris presented the Saginaw County AI case study at APCO International, one of the largest public safety communications conferences in the world. He has spoken to state 911 committees, Michigan broadcast audiences, and national trade publications about what AI deployment actually looks like at the operational level, not as a concept, but as a live system handling real call volume. The speaking and presentation record is documented here.
Before moving into 911 leadership, Chris worked in emergency management with the American Red Cross and in government technology roles in Bay County. He holds a degree from Northwood University and served as past president of the Michigan Communications Directors Association. His professional background spans more than twenty years of public safety operations, technology deployment, and team management, always within the real constraints of government agencies: budget limits, union agreements, and systems that cannot go offline.
The career timeline documents milestones from public records, state committee minutes, and published media. The citations page organizes the external sources that build the factual record, government documents, third-party coverage, and verified references. The case studies page covers operational outcomes from the AI deployment and related projects in detail.
Chris runs Freighter View Farms, a seed-saving blog and gardening project based on Saginaw Bay. He writes about heirloom vegetables, Great Lakes ecology, and life on the water in Michigan. He also publishes the Great Lakes Gazette, a daily maritime newsletter tracking vessel movements, port reports, and lake conditions, built on live AIS data and NOAA feeds, updated automatically every morning.
The Great Lakes content across this site, freighter tracking, Saginaw Bay ecology, maritime history, and Great Lakes shipwrecks, reflects years of watching the lakes from Bay City.
The media page is the fastest starting point for reporters and editors. It organizes verified coverage with source links, provides context for interview requests, and documents the public record around the Saginaw County AI deployment. The press page includes a brief summary and interview request pathways. For entity verification and source research, the citations page links to government documents, third-party media, and official records.