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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA ITEM
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AGENDA TITLE: Presentation of Proclamation Proclaiming the Week of April 9-15, 2017 as
"National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week"
MEETING DATE: April 5, 2017
PREPARED BY: Chief of Police
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Presentation of proclamation proclaiming the week of April 9-15,
2017, as "National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week."
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is a national event
to recognize 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 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 13 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
assisting the Property clerk, acting as field evidence technicians, members of the Hostage Negotiations
Team, and Tactical Dispatch.
Kelly Michaels, Lead Dispatcher of the City of Lodi Police Department Communications Center, will be
present to accept the proclamation.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
Tod Patterson
Chief of Police
APPROVED:
Step en Schwa r, City Manager