City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0264R

• File #: 15-0264R
• Version: 0
• Name: Restoring 911 as an Efficient and Responsive Public Safety Partner Upon Which Baltimore City Callers Can Confidently Rely for Help
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/21/2015
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/10/2015
• Title: Restoring 911 as an Efficient and Responsive Public Safety Partner Upon Which Baltimore City Callers Can Confidently Rely for Help FOR the purpose of calling upon the City Administration and Baltimore Police Department to immediately restore 911 operators and dispatchers as public safety employees with the Baltimore Police Department; to cross-train operators and dispatchers so that both groups can handle either position; and to provide adequate staffing and sufficient management to avoid busy signals, delayed dispatch of crimes in progress, and other current miscommunications which have negatively affected citizen confidence in a 911 system on which our calls for help and very lives depend.
• Sponsors: Nick Mosby, Mary Pat Clarke, President Young, Brandon M. Scott, Eric T. Costello, Sharon Green Middleton, Carl Stokes, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, William "Pete" Welch, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, Warren Branch, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: 911, Baltimore City, Callers, Help, Public Safety, Restoring

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/10/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
12/10/2015	0	Public Safety Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
12/8/2015	0	Public Safety Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
10/19/2015	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/24/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
9/24/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Information Technology
9/21/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
9/21/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmembers Mosby and Clarke


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Restoring 911 as an Efficient and Responsive Public Safety Partner Upon Which Baltimore City Callers Can Confidently Rely for Help
FOR the purpose of calling upon the City Administration and Baltimore Police Department to immediately restore 911 operators and dispatchers as public safety employees with the Baltimore Police Department; to cross-train operators and dispatchers so that both groups can handle either position; and to provide adequate staffing and sufficient management to avoid busy signals, delayed dispatch of crimes in progress, and other current miscommunications which have negatively affected citizen confidence in a 911 system on which our calls for help and very lives depend.
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WHEREAS, 911 operators and dispatchers are the public?s vital link to help and safety in times of crisis from fires, injury, heart attacks, violence, shootings, holdups, and ?real time? crimes in progress.

WHEREAS, The working conditions, morale, dedication, training, and supervision of these operators and dispatchers affect their ability to rise to the occasions of our emergencies. Immediate access to the 911 system they operate is a crucial gateway to the first responders whose help we require and upon whom our very lives may depend.

WHEREAS, After years of confidence in the 911 system, citizens throughout the City...