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State Police Commissioner to Reverse Dispatch Consolidation | NBC Connecticut
The state police commissioner is reversing a long-contested move to consolidate dispatch centers at troops around Connecticut.
Connecticut State Police launched the consolidation effort in April 2012, when the dispatch centers of two troops in western Connecticut – Troop A in Southbury and Troop B in Canaan – were rolled into Troop L in Litchfield.
Other dispatch centers in the state’s Eastern District were consolidated in the fall of 2013.
The consolidated troops also cut back their hours, but Commissioner Dora Schriro reinstated 24-hour coverage at all state police barracks in March 2014 after members of the state police union protested over safety concerns.
Plans to consolidate Central Dispatch troops – Troop H in Hartford, Troop F in Westbrook and Troop I in Bethany – were suspended indefinitely and were never implemented.
Schriro launched a review of the consolidation plan at the end of January 2014.
She announced Monday that all troops will handle their own dispatch calls beginning in fiscal year 2016. Troops L and C, whose dispatch centers currently take calls for neighboring troops, will once again take only their own calls. They will, however, be available to help other troops in the event of an extenuating circumstance.
The state police commissioner is reversing a long-contested move to consolidate dispatch centers at troops around Connecticut.
Connecticut State Police launched the consolidation effort in April 2012, when the dispatch centers of two troops in western Connecticut – Troop A in Southbury and Troop B in Canaan – were rolled into Troop L in Litchfield.
Other dispatch centers in the state’s Eastern District were consolidated in the fall of 2013.
The consolidated troops also cut back their hours, but Commissioner Dora Schriro reinstated 24-hour coverage at all state police barracks in March 2014 after members of the state police union protested over safety concerns.
Plans to consolidate Central Dispatch troops – Troop H in Hartford, Troop F in Westbrook and Troop I in Bethany – were suspended indefinitely and were never implemented.
Schriro launched a review of the consolidation plan at the end of January 2014.
She announced Monday that all troops will handle their own dispatch calls beginning in fiscal year 2016. Troops L and C, whose dispatch centers currently take calls for neighboring troops, will once again take only their own calls. They will, however, be available to help other troops in the event of an extenuating circumstance.
