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dispatcher

[dih-spach-er] / dɪˈspætʃ ər /




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Her father, Drahos, worked as a train dispatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The dispatcher could hear a lot of noise, but nothing else.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Filipino ferry dispatcher Dave Delos Reyes has been handing out N95 masks for nearly three weeks to protect passengers against the smoke that a landfill fire has sent billowing above a stretch of Manila Bay.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

“My father has been illegally detained,” he told the dispatcher nervously, stumbling over his words.

From Salon Mar. 24, 2026

The dispatcher picked up at 6:48:45 a.m., according to the official recording.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

One such company is Aurelian, which sells software that coaches 911 dispatchers and automates nonemergency calls.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Minutes later, officials radioed that a caller who reached 911—an unidentified woman who said she wasn’t in the home and was driving from Baltimore to the address—had told dispatchers his front door was unlocked.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The one year pay deal covers Menzies dispatchers, allocators, airside agents, and controllers.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

According to recordings of dispatch audio from San Diego police reviewed by The Times, dispatchers told officers in the field at approximately 11:05 a.m. to be on the lookout for a “possible terroristic threat.”

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

It was an odd and familiar sound—Joe Castiglione’s voice and the crack of the bat, layered with occasional farty blips and cryptic messages between cops and dispatchers.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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