Does anyone know if there has been a recent (since the redistricting) change in MSP dispatch policy? Over the last few snow events we have had (the 1 inch events where the roads got covered) I have heard the dispatchers "slip up" when they try to dispatch a unit and say something along the lines of "sorry im not suppose to be dispatching cars". Instead what they do, even on a normal basis, is just put out a general broadcast and wait for a car to call up and get the run. There was one event where the dispatcher was dispatching cars out and at the end of the event she thanked the sgt for letting her dispatch today.
So why would they change a policy where a dispatcher cant dispatch? All they are allowed to do is throw a run out there and hope someone grabs it?
So why would they change a policy where a dispatcher cant dispatch? All they are allowed to do is throw a run out there and hope someone grabs it?