According to vacancy data obtained by the Sun, as of early April, roughly a third of city positions had not been filled. Still, many of those positions are vacant. The department was previously budgeted for 28 operators, but that had been reduced to 20 as of February, including 16 dispatchers and four supervisors. “Local 1245’s dedicated members will continue to do the best they can until ‘adjustments’ to shifts simply can’t compete with the reality of limited human beings in critical roles,” the IBEW statement said.Īccording to the IBEW, city policy states that there should be a minimum of three dispatchers per shift plus a supervisor. “I think from our standpoint and what we see is that if it gets any worse, they are going to have to have a contingency plan for what to do to provide the level of service to police, fire and the public,” Macor said.Ī police department statement accused the VPOA of “mistruths” and said that the city had “made adjustments to shift scheduling that ensures the dispatch center is staffed 24/7.”īut IBEW said that shift adjustments alone were not sufficient to address the problem. However, IBEW senior business representative JV Macor said the current situation is untenable. If the city were to take that step, it would be required to meet and confer with the union. IBEW said that the union does not have direct knowledge of discussions among city staff to shut down dispatch services overnight. The VPOA represents police officers while IBEW represents civilian employees. The statement by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245 - which represents more than 200 city of Vallejo workers in the police, public works, water and housing departments - supported a Vallejo Police Officers Association statement from last week, which warned that the city was considering shutting down overnight dispatch service and moving it to another agency. VALLEJO – The union that represents Vallejo’s police and fire dispatchers said on Wednesday that dwindling staff has left remaining dispatchers in dangerous conditions and that one of its members who is set to leave puts the city at risk of not being able to staff its dispatch center around the clock.
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