Sussex County dispatch

[stvnd53]

Looks like finally the Sussex county Sheriffs Dept.will be taking over all the dispatching for the County.As the contracts expire with the 5 town owned dispatch centers,they will switch over to county wide center.Not only will this save taxpayers $$$,but finally put an end to "home rule"in the county.
Long over due!!!

 

[ctrabs74]

Is this consolidation going to be for police, fire, and EMS?

 

[res5cue]

where in the world did you hear this from?? I work for a local dispatch agency and we have been told we wont be going to countywide. Also i am not really for countywide dispatching. I worked at Warren County and wasn't happy cause i don't feel it worked that well. Your officers and fire and ems agencies don't get the good repour you have as you do with a local agency. and you may get a dispatcher who knows vernon very good and one who knows hopatcong very well and they would have to switch sides of the county and that could turn dangerous. I am totally against countywide dispatching.

 

[stvnd53]

Its ALL about $$$$ taxpayers money!Warren County works Great.If Andover wants to dispatch,thats fine.But who stays with them to be dispatch is another question.As with Stillwater and Lafayette Twp.they shopped around for the "Best"price.They county system will be Far cheaper,better staffed,more organized,then the current system.
It's NOT what the PD,Fire/EMS and Dispatchers want.It what the Town Council,and Tax Payers deserve."The BEST service for Less$$$$"

 

[xpawel15x]

Will it be monitorable? Are they going digital or encrypted?

 

[stvnd53]

From what everone is saying,everything is gonna remain the same ,for now.fire is the same 46.10 131.8,with the exception of a few ,most EMS fall into 155.295 & 47.50.and fire dispatch.except for 2 EMS,Wantage & Hardyston,oh lets not forget Sparta/Franklin/Ogenburg
The only PD in the County that is digital is the Sheriff Dept.It's gonna take some time to undo this 11 year disaster.But its a ( GOOD)beginning !!!
Note :NJSP troop B will remain the same,but will recieve ALL 911 calls from the Sussex 911 Center

 

[res5cue]

where in the hell are you getting this information from?!?!?!?!??!?!!? i have spoken with County OEM and multiple other agencies and leaders and nothing is set like you are saying..

 

[gcr33]

Where do people get the stupid idea that they are going digital or encypted because another dispatch center might be taking over?

That said let's stop with this archaic idea that you must live in or know the city.

Do you think that in NYC or LA or Phila. etc. that the dispatchers "know" the areas they dispatch for?

Stop the small town mentallity, there are maps now and gis mapping and CAD systems and GPS. It's time to get on the same page.

 

[stvnd53]

OK enough of this!We will all just have to wait until April 1,2008,to see.This is when in NJ,all municipal Budgets must be in place.One of us is rite ,and well you no the rest.....

 

[jvdet]

county wide

lets wait and see; the only centralize service proposed was for the Sherif to be the one psap for 911
seems the Sheriff in nj which are not police in nj are trying to re-invent themselves
it wasnt that long ago early 1980's that they even got the authority to write a traffic ticket
and how could a new police officer/fire/ems who doesnt live in where they work "know" the area?

 

[apu]

As with everything else, the devil is in the details. Consolidation could work in some circumstances and not in others. More than once have I heard a CenCom dispatcher tell the medics to ignore their GPS and give them precise directions half a state away. On the other hand, I've heard local cops and dispatchers fumble with info in and near their small town -- "I have a car stopped on ---- Avenue in, um, that town next to ours."

One of the more frequently asked questions is, "Why are there 5 separate offices (1 in each borough)? "It was determined early in this century that the vital nature of fire alarm offices required that they be free from disruptions, natural or otherwise. This mandated their isolated, though central, locations.


Another benefit is that it allows for specialization. For example, a person driving in his car on the Belt Pkwy sees a fire. He calls and says he sees a house burning across the highway from K-Mart. He lives in New Jersey and can't describe the location any better. If that call is answered by a dispatcher who has lived their entire life in the Bronx, he'll have a hard time trying to figure out where the K-Mart is; whereas a Brooklyn native can pinpoint the location.

Source:
http://www.fdnewyork.com/article.asp

 

[stvnd53]

All this is NOT whats good ,easy,or even "Rite"!The gov.said he's gonna cut property taxes.He is gonna due it in part by cutting state aid to towns.He want towns to merge duplicate services(share) resources.In Sussex Cty.there is 5 Dispatch Centers doing the work of 1.
Say what you want,but a taxpayer don't give a damn about a dispatcher loseing his job!And then it's only if he/she needs PD,Fire/EMS.
Tax Relief will not come without a Price.And what the price is only time will tell.
Where is my SoapBox.Vote for me in 2008...If you Dare !!!!!

 

[STPD67]

SCSO Dispatch

To all of you who have bit on the line that “stvnd53” threw into the water, he is incorrect in more than one thing. First of all there are SIX dispatch centers in Sussex County SEVEN if you count the half ass system that the Sheriff is running. Second is that the county is not and never will take over county wide dispatching services. Believe me when I tell you the Chief’s of Police in the county will never agree to that. So Steven 53 is making this stuff up as he goes and does not even have his numbers correct. My user name says it all.
ttyl

 

[stvnd53]

See you on 4/1/08

 

[STPD67]

county dispatch

Yup we will see you in April 2008

 

[robbinsj2]

Yup we will see you in April 2008

The first day of April, no less. Aside from being the first day of the second quarter, what else is remarkable about the first day of every April?

Frankly I don't know the first thing about Sussex County and couldn't care less about it (no offense, just never get out that way and usually can't hear it from here), but it sure seems like an elaborate troll / prank to me.

Jim

 

[stvnd53]

4/1/08 is when the new 2008 budget starts.As to why stpd67 is so bothered by this ,I'll never know.He's a Greeter at the local Wal-Mart,who has a X-Tal Scanner,ON HIS BELT 24/7!!!Wanna Be dispatcher

 

[ctrabs74]

This is getting ridiculous. Perhaps it would be nice if the orignal poster would quit changing hometowns in his profile; then I think we'd take him seriously. Serves me right for feeding the troll, since I live in a state (Pa.) where most, if not all, counties have centralized dispatch centers and such a consolidation (full or partial) would make sense for a rural county like Sussex.

Having said that, could we please lock this thread since this is starting to turn into another flame war?

 

[stvnd53]

Good idea ! Because I'm rite ,and res805cue and Sandyston Township PD.(STPD)67 are WRONG!!!!!!
WOW ..when you look at STPD67 ,Quick, a U and I,add says it ALL

 

[elk2370bruce]

Every incomplete reading of a press release results in SWAG's and WAG's on the part of most people. Let's wait and see what is really going to happen. The true end result may be a great deal less complicated and controversial that what we are hypothesizing.