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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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AGENDA TITLE: Presentation of Proclamation Proclaimingthe Week of April 8-14, 2012, as
"National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week"
MEETING DATE: April 4, 2012
PREPARED BY: Chief of Police
RECOMMENDEDACTION: Presentation of proclamation proclaiming the week of April 8-14,
2012, as "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week."
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is a national event
to recognize the men and women who dispatch our police forces,
our ambulances and our firefighters. Although they are not as visible
as the men and women who arrive at the scene of emergencies, they are equally importantto 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 police and fire departments, facilitating the execution of
emergency rescue vehicles and law-enforcement operations in our city.
We depend upon public safety telecommunicators to notify emergency personnel promptly, clearly, and
calmly. 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 dispatcher/jailers, three Lead dispatchers and one dispatch
supervisor working 12 -hour shifts. Lodi is one of the very few departments in the state where dispatchers
not only staff the Communications Centerfor business and 911 calls, they 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 court
liaison, field evidence technicians and members of the Hostage Negotiations Team.
A representative of the Police Department Communications Center will be presentto accept the
proclamation.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
Mark Helms
Chief of Police
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City Manager