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Tuscaloosa City moves to create director post to merge fire, police dispatch

2677562 · March 18, 2025
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City staff requested creation of a civilian director of public safety communications to combine police and fire dispatch into one division; motion approved by voice vote, implementation details to follow.

Tuscaloosa City staff asked a city committee to approve a new director-level job classification to merge police and fire dispatch into a single Public Safety Communications Division, and a voice vote approved the motion, city staff said.

The request “is a request to adopt a director of public safety communications job classification,” Miss Herbert, a city staff member, said. She said Tuscaloosa Police Department (TPD) and Tuscaloosa Fire…

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