Council adds communications call-taker classification to ease dispatcher workload

Jun 16, 2026

To relieve heavy radio-dispatch workloads and create a training pathway, council added a communications call-taker classification that will take non-radio emergency and nonemergency incoming calls and perform EMD instructions; the role can be a stepping stone to full dispatcher certification.

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The Eureka City Council on June 16 approved a new "communications call taker" classification to help the 911 communications center manage incoming calls and reduce pressure on radio dispatchers.

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