Police calls to be dispatched by Monmouth County center
Freehold Borough officials getting ready to transfer respsonsibility
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
Monmouth County officials have approved a plan to take over police dispatch duties for Freehold Borough. Mayor Michael Wilson said the county approved the change about two weeks ago.
Wilson said moving the police dispatching duties from the Freehold Borough Police Department to the county will save about $200,000 per year.
The mayor said the transition to the county dispatch system will take about three months to complete. When asked if there will always be a police officer or someone in authority at the headquarters of the police department on Jackson Street, Wilson said he would address that issue in the near future.
Fire calls in Freehold Borough are already dispatched through the Monmouth County 911 Communications Center.
Freehold Fire Department dispatchers were relieved of their duties Oct. 1, 2010, when all fire calls for Freehold Borough were transferred to the Monmouth County Dispatch System for economic reasons as well as for technological reasons.
Borough officials have said the town is saving $150,000 annually by having its fire calls dispatched through the county system. Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina said, “We have had discussions with the county with regard to this issue (shifting the police dispatch services to the county) and we are extremely confident at this time that the prospect of securing employment for our four dispatchers will be achieved.”
Bellina said borough officials and county officials are reviewing the New Jersey state Department of Civil Service procedures that govern these transfers.
The Monmouth County 911 Communications Center, staffed with 65 public safety telecommunicators, provides 911 services to 44 municipalities, dispatches for nine police departments, 32 fire departments and 24 first aid squads.
Published in the NewsTranscript 8/10/11
Freehold Borough officials getting ready to transfer respsonsibility
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
Monmouth County officials have approved a plan to take over police dispatch duties for Freehold Borough. Mayor Michael Wilson said the county approved the change about two weeks ago.
Wilson said moving the police dispatching duties from the Freehold Borough Police Department to the county will save about $200,000 per year.
The mayor said the transition to the county dispatch system will take about three months to complete. When asked if there will always be a police officer or someone in authority at the headquarters of the police department on Jackson Street, Wilson said he would address that issue in the near future.
Fire calls in Freehold Borough are already dispatched through the Monmouth County 911 Communications Center.
Freehold Fire Department dispatchers were relieved of their duties Oct. 1, 2010, when all fire calls for Freehold Borough were transferred to the Monmouth County Dispatch System for economic reasons as well as for technological reasons.
Borough officials have said the town is saving $150,000 annually by having its fire calls dispatched through the county system. Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina said, “We have had discussions with the county with regard to this issue (shifting the police dispatch services to the county) and we are extremely confident at this time that the prospect of securing employment for our four dispatchers will be achieved.”
Bellina said borough officials and county officials are reviewing the New Jersey state Department of Civil Service procedures that govern these transfers.
The Monmouth County 911 Communications Center, staffed with 65 public safety telecommunicators, provides 911 services to 44 municipalities, dispatches for nine police departments, 32 fire departments and 24 first aid squads.
Published in the NewsTranscript 8/10/11
