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“From a Dispatcher’s standpoint, this is a safety issue for responders and the public because it can only lead to delays in response time,” Massey told the paper. “A lot of people don’t understand what we do. You need to know the roads and the intersections and the local landmarks that only the people who live in the area know about.”
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Educators at the Community High School of Vermont (CHSVT) worked together to create a flyer they will be distributing to lawmakers, summarizing all the great work being done daily at CHSVT facilities across Vermont. The flyer reads:
Staring at a proposed 50-percent budget cut by the State to the entire Community High School of Vermont (CHSVT) program, workers there are mobilizing to protect the important educational service they provide daily to Vermont offenders.
Last week, Vermont media outlets began covering the fight by VSEA 911 Dispatchers in Derby and Rutland to protect the critical service they provide daily to regular citizens and to the police, fire and EMS services in the communities they serve.
Dispatchers were forced into action after learning that the Administration’s budget proposal contained a suggestion to save money by consolidating four Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs; a.k.a. 911 Dispatch Centers) in to just two offices, eliminating the Derby and Rutland PSAPs outright and potentially displacing dozens of seasoned public safety professionals.
