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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA ITEM
B4
AGENDA TITLE: Presentation of Proclamation Proclaiming the Week of April 10-16, 2016 as
"National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week"
MEETING DATE: April 6, 2016
PREPARED BY: Chief of Police
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Presentation of proclamation proclaiming the week of April 10-16,
2016, 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,
ambulances, and firefighters. 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 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 thirteen dispatcher/jailers, four 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 Center for 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 present to accept the
proclamation.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
Prepared by Paula O'Keefe, Management Analyst
Tod Patterson
Chief of Police
APPROVED:
ep en Schwabauer, -City Manager