NCJ Number
40359
Date Published
Unknown
Length
0 pages
Annotation
FILM SHOWS HOW POLICE COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS BETWEEN THE CENTER AND THE FIELD UNIT CAN SAVE LIVES AND MONEY.
Abstract
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CALL BIG METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENTS EVERY DAY--WITH EVERY CONCEIVABLE DESIRE. MOST, HOWEVER, NEED HELP AND NEED IT FAST. IN RECENT YEARS POLICE EMERGENCY NUMBERS AND CITY-WIDE COMMUNICATIONS ROOMS HAVE VASTLY AIDED THE DELIVERY OF HELP TO SUCH PERSONS. WHEN AN EMERGENCY CALL COMES IN, IT GOES TO THE FIRST AVAILABLE OPERATOR WHO FILLS OUT A SLIP AND SENDS IT TO THE RADIO DISPATCHER. THE RADIO DISPATCHER CAN SUMMON A RADIO CAR, A POLICE BOAT, OR A HELICOPTER TO THE SCENE, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SPEED AND EFFICIENCY THEN BECOME THE WATCHWORDS IN SAVING LIVES....BS