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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

It was, recalled the EMS dispatcher on duty that night in Queens, “a horror.”

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

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

Two men occupied the tiny cinderblock state police headquarters at Dona Luz: a crew-cut good ol’ boy state cop, Bill Koontz, and a young good-looking radio dispatcher, Emilio Cisneros.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

While the sergeant stopped to investigate, police dispatchers were simultaneously getting 911 calls about the incident, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Suisun City dispatchers are taking emergency police and fire calls through the Solano County dispatch center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

AI may even raise employment within a given industry, since higher productivity lowers prices, lifting demand for more labor: Uber added far more drivers than it cut dispatchers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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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