The Courthouse Dispatcher is a wireless emergency call system that interfaces with the sheriff or police department's existing radio system to provide quick response time to courthouse emergencies. Wireless panic buttons are located anywhere in the court facility such as courtrooms, judge's chambers, clerk's offices, juvenile detention, tax offices, and other areas subject to public outbreaks. Each panic button has a user prerecorded message that is broadcast over the radio so that any deputy or security officer with a radio will hear and can respond to the message. An example of a message is 'Deputy needed in circuit courtroom'.

Typical button placements are: