“911 dispatchers need to be police-work fluent.”
I was in a 911 dispatch office for 3 days. for a movie project. For research. There is a reason why 911 dispatchers have either a high quit rate or you are trained to “not care’, and be objective.
The 2nd day I was there was “training day”. They played the funny calls and everyone started laughing. THEN they switched to the most disturbing calls you’ll hear.
More than half the class was in tears, including my co-partners. You do this sh*t everyday 5 days a week, you will be messed up.
I’m sure. And then they want to have these folks treated as
if they are just some sort of clerical staff or something.
It seems the people making the decisions have never worked a
day as a law enforcement officer, or a 911 operator.
They have a great big chip on their shoulder, and they want
full control of something they don’t grasp on any level.
The leadership of Seattle is helpless.