‘A critical link’: Area dispatch centers hope to attract more to profession as retention drops (CO)

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Lara Vanderbilt’s work schedule is anything but a 9 to 5.

Some weeks during her training, as a dispatcher with the Boulder County Communications Center, she works 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Other weeks, those times are flipped to an overnight shift.

But an unordinary, unpredictable schedule and the nature of the job is what prompted her to apply, Vanderbilt said…