Yeah, LOCAL Consolidation is a good thing! Up to the COUNTY level is awesomeness with hot sauce even. And yes I am all for saving money when it comes down to it. But at the STATE level, consolidation in the DPS world can be downright retarded, and potentlially dangerous! I can see combining DOT MAPs and Enforcement with your State Police/Highway Patrol dispatch centers, even combining all your DOT Ops with them especially if you have fully functional TMCs. But closing half of your operations down and consolidating them without having fully knowledgeable staff on the areas your now trying to combine and run is more of an Officer Safety and Civilian Protection and Service issue than an Hillary Clinton rally in the same town and time as an Donald Trump rally..... Everyone will be pissed off, and someone is going to get hurt. Yes, they gave the dispatchers and staff the option of moving to the new centers, but adding in an daily commute of that far is truly asking way too much on tight budgets.