The Sitka Assembly on Tuesday approved a contract worth $55,000 to provide dispatch services for Whittier and Girdwood, in a move Sitka’s police chief says will help him shore up efforts to recruit local dispatchers.
The Sitka Assembly on Tuesday approved a contract worth $55,000 to provide dispatch services for those two communities, in a move Sitka’s police chief says will help him shore up efforts to recruit local dispatchers.. Police Chief Robert Baty said that the additional funds from Whittier would help the police department better recruit for the open positions. He said the additional calls would amount to only minutes a day added to the workload for dispatchers.
Baty said the arrangement with Whittier would be similar to how the police department now handles calls for the Sitka Fire Department. “I was definitely concerned…when I first read it, but I think going through it and then having Chief Baty come up and explain it out, it’s definitely alleviated those concerns that they can handle the extra workload,” said Assembly member Chris Ystad. “I definitely appreciate the…creative way of finding different revenue sources for recruitment and retention. So this is definitely something I’ll support.
Mayor Steven Eisenbiesz said early on he’d shared concerns about staffing, but those concerns had been assuaged. And he added if the partnership doesn’t end up working, the city has options.
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