Area chiefs warn of risks from proposed switch to county dispatch
At a Division 20 chiefs meeting, a Maywood captain and several chiefs raised concerns that routing some dispatch functions to a county center could undermine local interoperability, obscure tones used to identify incidents, and shift scarce funding away from training and staffing.
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At a Division 20 chiefs meeting on June 17, a visiting Maywood captain and several chiefs warned that plans to move some local dispatch functions to a county center could hamper local response, create "silos" among neighboring departments and leave smaller communities at a disadvantage.
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