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As the county’s population continues to multiply by leaps and bounds, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is the looking to hire a growing number of dispatchers to handle an influx of 911 calls.

Technically called public safety telecommunicators, those who fill the role are what the unit’s Director of Operations Russ Martin likes to think of as the backbone — the “first line,” as he calls it — in situations that can ultimately become life or death…