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PARK CITY (ABC4 News) – They are the voice you hear in your most urgent calls, trained to handle your emergencies. But the Summit County dispatchers are struggling to keep up, working up to 60 hours a week in an effort to make up for a shortage.
Tanya Odenbach, the Communication Supervisor for the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, said there are currently 13 dispatchers, but they would need 20 to operate at full capacity. In her 13-year tenure, she said they’ve only been fully staffed once.
