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dispatcher

[dih-spach-er] / dɪˈspætʃ ər /




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The dispatcher asked the caller for a verification code, which the caller did not have.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

He was an airline dispatcher a few decades ago and says aircraft swaps, due to canceled or delayed flights, maintenance or other issues, were simpler then because planes weren’t as full and so subdivided.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Nearby, a driver for a limousine service chatted with his dispatcher.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

According to the EMS dispatch audio from June 14, emergency responders were called to McConnell’s Washington, D.C., residence for an “unconscious” person, with one dispatcher stating there was “CPR in progress” for a “cardiac arrest.”

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

And he told the dispatcher, “See if you can get Bruno on the radio. Where’s his car at anyhow?”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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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