Re: 911:: Digest Number 202

June 3, 2000

> Message: 3

> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 05:41:06 EDT

> From: dahag1138@...

> Subject: Re: 24 hou Dispatch Shifts -Reply

>

> anyone have a center with 35 dispatchers and if u do

> whats ur schedule

> we have 12' s and I want to change back to 8's

> need a schedule

> West Palm Beach Pd

When we had 35 or so dispatchers, this was our schedule:

Days Sun-Thurs 0600-1400 hours

Evenings Tues-Sat 1400-2200 hours (my favorite shift)

Midnights self relieving (everyone has different days off)

Relief cover for days Fri-Sat 0600-1400 hours, cover for evenings Sun-Mon

1400-2200 hours

We had 8 dispatchers per shift with the extra 3 going to midnights in order

to make sure all the days off were covered. Our minimun the shift was 7

people, so even with someone having leave or having a trainee, there were

plenty of people to get the work done.

Now, we are down to 21 dispatchers who have completed the training program.

Two are out on extended sick leave, I'm in the police academy and one of the

supervisors is having a problem pregnancy and is under doctor's order to

work no more than an 8-hour shift. So we are now back on 12-hour shifts and

are lucky to have 4 people where we used to have 8. The stress level is

through the roof right now! We had only been back on 8's for 3 months, and

we had to go back to 12's to get people to do overtime.

Michele Hriciso

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