A rush of new hires is giving the city’s beleaguered 911 dispatch system something it’s been short on in recent years: hope.
City officials say that since they gave dispatcher salaries a big boost in July, they’ve gotten more than 100 new applications, hired 26 and welcomed back three who previously quit, enough to fill more than half of the vacancies in dispatcher ranks.
OAKLAND – Oakland city leaders announced Monday a $2.5 million investment to improve the city’s 911 system, following criticism over slow response times and recent outages.
NEW YORK — September 11, 2001 was a day many NYPD emergency phone dispatchers won’t ever forget.
As CBS New York’s Jenna DeAngelis reports, they provided a link between victims of the attacks and first responders.
The new Brevard County Emergency Operations Center to be located at 1751 Huntington Lane in Rockledge will house a consolidated dispatch center for the Brevard County Fire Rescue and the Brevard County Sheriff’s office in addition to the Brevard County Emergency Management Department.
A bill Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed into law in August gives dispatchers access to expanded benefits, including mental health care services and earlier retirement, by defining them as first responders and allowing jurisdictions to do the same.
White served as the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office’s dispatch supervisor. She spent seven years with the department, having worked there since she was 16-years-old.
