Does any one have a list of Dispatch center locations? I am going to assume they are at the Division level, I just wanted to confirm it.
E5911 said:Does any one have a list of Dispatch center locations? I am going to assume they are at the Division level, I just wanted to confirm it.
Wow, that is a lot of dispatch centers! They could save some money by doing what Oregon State Police has done and merge some centers. Not the the extreme (2 centers for the whole state) but try a regional approach in selected areas.
Based on just raw population and organizational sizes (and not on specific duties, crime rates, calls for service, etc), CHP and OSP are pretty close to equivalent in their relative numbers of dispatch centers:Wow, that is a lot of dispatch centers! They could save some money by doing what Oregon State Police has done and merge some centers. Not the the extreme (2 centers for the whole state) but try a regional approach in selected areas.
One of my calls to them (1-800-TELLCHP) was misrouted by the call taker to the wrong division dispatcher. They also ask you what county you're calling from. I so wish they'd come up with a better way to report problems and emergencies.
That's why in my case I have Santa Rosa and Marin Center direct line programmed in my Cell phone, so I can call the nearest center directly.