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Presentation of Proclamation Proclaiming the Week of April 14-20, 2024, as "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week" (PD)
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MEETING DATE:
April 3, 2024
PREPARED BY:
Andrea Morales, Administrative Assistant
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Presentation of proclamation proclaiming the week of April 14-20, 2024, as "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week."
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is a national event, recognizing the men and women who dispatch our police forces. Although they are not as visible as the men and women who arrive at the scene of emergencies, they are equally important to the safety and level of service provided to our community.
Every day, in all of our communities, dedicated public safety telecommunicators answer calls for assistance. They dispatch our calls for help to the City's police department and facilitate the execution of law-enforcement operations in our city.
We depend upon public safety telecommunicators to promptly, clearly, and calmly notify emergency personnel. We depend on them to keep our loved ones calm and assured in an emergency. We depend on them for guidance and support in our most frantic and panicked moments.
The Lodi Police Department has 15 dispatchers/jailers, two lead dispatchers, and two dispatch supervisors working 12-hour shifts. Lodi is one of the very few departments in the state where dispatchers not only staff the Communications Center for business and 911 calls but also serve as jailers, booking, processing, and providing care for prisoners while they await arraignment in court or transfer to other agencies. Several of the dispatchers are also cross-trained to work special assignments such as assisting the Property Clerk, acting as Field Evidence Technicians, members of the Hostage Negotiations Team, and Tactical Dispatch.
STRATEGIC VISION:
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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