Interesting article regarding Newberg dispatch center's future

taborj · Sep 15, 2016

Good read about some decisions to be made regarding Newberg's dispatch center. Basically, the choice is spend ~$4m to upgrade the dispatch center and radios, or contract it all out to WCCCA.

Oregon Local News - City must make a decision on police dispatch

oregontreehugger · Sep 15, 2016

Thanks for sharing the article.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Newberg shutters their dispatch center in the not-too-distant future.

Jumping on the WCCCA radio infrastructure was the first step in that direction, the Newberg Fire and TVFR contract the second step, and the recent WCCCA bond measure for radio upgrades is probably the final push.

taborj · Sep 15, 2016

I'm inclined to agree with you. It'll be interesting to see how it all shakes out (and at what cost).

GrumpyGuard · Oct 27, 2016

I don't understand how a small town can afford the luxury of having its own dispatch center. The smart thing would be to consolidate with either YCOM or WCCCA. The records thing is B.S. There is no reason the information can't be transferred to WCCCA and the dispatchers could still do the data entry from the remote location. The savings are substantial and WCCCA could absorb some of the dispatcher currently working for NDPD, as the workload would increase for WCCCA.

taborj · Oct 27, 2016

GrumpyGuard said:
I don't understand how a small town can afford the luxury of having its own dispatch center. ...

That's easy; we don't want none of them city folk tellin' us what ta do.

Seriously, though, I'm not sure how it's persisted this long, other than the fact that we shared it with the sprawling metropolis of Dundee, thus deferring some of the cost.

I'd be surprised if it survives much longer.

nightfoam · Oct 27, 2016

GrumpyGuard said:
I don't understand how a small town can afford the luxury of having its own dispatch center. The smart thing would be to consolidate with either YCOM or WCCCA. The records thing is B.S. There is no reason the information can't be transferred to WCCCA and the dispatchers could still do the data entry from the remote location. The savings are substantial and WCCCA could absorb some of the dispatcher currently working for NDPD, as the workload would increase for WCCCA.

Except that WCCCA doesn't do the records stuff. They make their agencies do their own. Some of the smaller agencies contract with bigger agencies for after hours stuff but it's all up to them, WCCCA doesn't partake.

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Otto · Nov 6, 2016

taborj said:
That's easy; we don't want none of them city folk tellin' us what ta do.

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LOL. At this point, Newberg is becoming a sizable city in itself as the region grows. A suburb you might say of us "city folk"...

GrumpyGuard · Nov 6, 2016

Thank you all for the replies.

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