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Alamogordo officials announce city will leave regional dispatch authority amid tense public comments from dispatch staff
Summary
At a joint meeting with Otero County commissioners, public safety telecommunicators defended the county dispatch center and criticized treatment by APD; city officials said a termination letter will end the city's participation in the Rosa Basin Regional Dispatch Authority effective March 2026.
City officials said the City of Alamogordo has submitted a letter to end its partnership with the Rosa Basin Regional Dispatch Authority effective March 2026, and several current and former 9-1-1 center employees used a joint city–county meeting to defend the consolidated dispatch operation and describe workplace problems.
The meeting drew nine registered public commenters who focused on the county-run consolidated 9-1-1 center (referred to in the record as Taberda/Taburda). "Nobody reached out to us to ask us our opinion to try to get our side of the story," said Josiah Vessi, identified in the record as a communications officer at the 9-1-1 center. He told commissioners that center staff had saved lives and that center leadership "have done an excellent job."
Christine Padilla, who described herself as working with the county 9-1-1 center for…
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