Ambulance paramedics, dispatchers ratify agreement

Members of the Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance Dispatchers Bargaining Association and the Health Employers’ Association of BC employer-members have ratified an agreement under government’s Sustainable Services Negotiating Mandate.

“The mandate focuses on improving services for people and ensuring fair and affordable compensation,” stated a Sept. 30 B.C. Ministry of Finance media release.

The approximately

Assessors to evaluate Emergency Communications

The Suffolk Police Department’s Emergency Communications Center will soon be evaluated by a team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc.

Specifically, CALEA will evaluate the Emergency Communications Center’s policies and procedures, management, operations and support services. The evaluation team will arrive Oct. 7.

“The CALEA accreditation process of our Emergency Communications Center has provided us with a….

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Community gathers to help ill dispatcher

John DiMasso is not the kind of person who likes to accept help. The emergency dispatcher with the Northwest Connecticut Public Safety Communication Center comes from a family that values work ethic and helping others, said his sister, Jane Pinho. “We’re used to giving, not used to receiving,” Pinho said. So Sunday was a day….

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City of Albany dealing with ongoing dispatcher shortage

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) – CBS6 is continuing to investigate a staffing shortage among Albany dispatchers.

Monday, the Albany Police Officers Union President, Greg McGee, says dispatchers have been forced to work overtime 513 times so far this year, as compared to 286 extra shifts this time last year.

“It’s almost borderline abuse for 26 people to be mandated 513 times,” he said.

Tired of being overworked and underpaid, Greg McGee says another dispatcher just quit Monday.

“He put in his 2 week notice today, he found another job, he’s leaving. He could not….