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Bill to classify dispatchers and animal-control officers as public-safety officers fails in committee
Summary
House Bill 1746, which would have added police dispatchers and animal-control officers to the statutory definition of public-safety officers, failed in the House Committee on Public Safety on a 2-4 vote after members questioned the need for the change and whether dispatchers were already covered by recent legislation.
House Bill 1746, sponsored by Delegate Ennis, sought to add police dispatchers and animal-control officers to the statutory definition of public-safety officers.
Delegate Ennis told the committee that dispatchers now perform duties beyond clerical tasks—coordinating responders, providing lifesaving first-aid instructions and crisis…
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