National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is April 13 - 19, 2014
Fifty years ago officers were notified of pending calls when a beacon was lit on top of a tower. Today, police dispatch services are provided by West Cities Police Communications Center, a Joint Powers Authority serving Los Alamitos, Cypress, and Seal Beach.
Operating on one of the largest interoperable radio systems in the world (Orange County’s 800 MHz), and serving a combined population of the cities totaling approximately 100,000, the women and men of West-Comm provide professional communications services.
These highly trained and dedicated professionals provide a vital link in public safety, ensuring public requests are identified and prioritized, and field personnel are supported in their mutual mission to provide a safe place to live, work, and do business.
In a crisis, the dispatcher may be the most important person you may never meet. Thank a dispatcher this week!