Why is she wearing a duty belt as a dispatcher? I've never seen a comm center that requires a bulky, useless piece of equipment like that to be a calltaker. So is she actually a dispatcher or is she a field responder being punished for an infraction by working in dispatch?
Agreed. I'm training one right now and we've already hit liability and negligence hard and we're going to do some more on it before she moves to the next phase. Step one, answer the calls.
Even then, a field operator couldn't work in dispatch. They might work the call center at the station, but not dispatch. They will transfer you over to the non emergency line if you called them by mistake though.
Some people have posted the article, so I guess the story may be real, but I can tell you two things. 1. No agency is going to send an officer with a bodycam on into a dispatch center. 2. If they did, they have to blur the monitor screens, they can’t be displayed. There are federal rules about terminals with access to CJI (criminal justice information).
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u/Danno_Writes 7h ago
Why is she wearing a duty belt as a dispatcher? I've never seen a comm center that requires a bulky, useless piece of equipment like that to be a calltaker. So is she actually a dispatcher or is she a field responder being punished for an infraction by working in dispatch?