NPD chief pleads for higher wages to attract dispatchers | The Nome Nugget (AK)

 

 The Nome Common Council in an unusual Wednesday meeting – rescheduled due to inclement weather on Monday, February 23 — passed a resolution that increased the pay for communication officers at the Nome Police Department with the goal to attract qualified applicants to work at NPD.Currently, there are only four dispatchers staffing the dispatch center, which responds to 911 and emergency calls. I