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AGENDA TITLE: Presentation of Proclamation Proclaiming the Week of April 9-15,2023 as "National Public
Safety Telecom m un icators Week"
MEETING DATE: April 19, 2023
PREPARED BY: Chief of Police
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Presentation of proclamation proclaiming the week of April 9-15, 2023, as
"National Public Safety Telecom mun i cators Week."
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: 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 14 dispatchers/jailers, two 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.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
Sierra Brucia
Chief of Police
APPROVED:
Stephen Schwabauer, City Manager