Durham’s new mayor will begin working with a local community college to help fill ongoing staff shortages in the city and county’s 911 center. Speaking at her first news conference as mayor Wednesday, Elaine O’Neal said she will meet with City Manager Wanda Page, Emergency Communications Director Randy Beeman and Durham Tech President J.B. Buxton about creating a pipeline of students or residents to fill call-taker vacancies and improve response times. The News & Observer asked O’Neal in an interview how the collaboration came about… READ MORE
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