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LIBERTY — From Monday, Jan. 10 to Thursday, Jan. 13, the dispatchers for Liberty first responded stepped up and handled almost all of Gladstone’s 911 calls for police, fire and emergency medical service.
Captain Andy Hedrick, Liberty Police Department’s public information officer, said the double dispatching effort went “pretty well.”
“Sometimes dispatchers need five hands and more ears than the two they were born with when calls come in,” he said. “It’s the nature of emergency services. When Gladstone needed help, they asked for mutual aid…
