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dispatcher

[dih-spach-er] / dɪˈspætʃ ər /




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Her father, Drahos, worked as a train dispatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Nearby, a driver for a limousine service chatted with his dispatcher.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

According to the EMS dispatch audio from June 14, emergency responders were called to McConnell’s Washington, D.C., residence for an “unconscious” person, with one dispatcher stating there was “CPR in progress” for a “cardiac arrest.”

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Dammeier began in law enforcement, working for a decade as a dispatcher, jailer and police officer.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

“The dispatcher said you wanted to report some vandalism.”

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Minutes later, officials radioed that a caller who reached 911—an unidentified woman who said she wasn’t in the home and was driving from Baltimore to the address—had told dispatchers his front door was unlocked.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The one year pay deal covers Menzies dispatchers, allocators, airside agents, and controllers.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

The dispatchers continued to tell him to just hang in there and wait.

From Slate May 13, 2026

Some of those details include having buy-in from the police, training dispatchers on how to triage calls, and integrating mental health staff.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 25, 2025

It was an odd and familiar sound—Joe Castiglione’s voice and the crack of the bat, layered with occasional farty blips and cryptic messages between cops and dispatchers.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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