Yuma Police Department goes ‘One on One with 911’
Dispatch center opens recruiting event to public
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The Yuma Police Department Dispatch Center is holding a recruiting event from 3-7 p.m. Saturday at 1500 1st Ave.
Known as One on One with 911, the occasion acts an opportunity for members of the community to meet and speak with 911 emergency dispatchers. Interested persons will be instructed on how they can save lives one call at a time.
Light refreshments will also be served.
A $1,000 hiring bonus will be payable to applicants whom successfully pass training and probation. The bonus will be payable as follows:
- $500 after successful completion of training
- $500 after successful completion of probation
The function of a 911 emergency dispatcher is to answer emergency and non-emergency calls for service; take details from callers and enter it into Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) database; provide assistance and information to law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, animal control area agencies and the public as a whole.
Heather Pyeatt-Morris is a Yuma Police Department dispatch supervisor.
“They're that lifeline to those services that get dispatched to the to eventually help them get through whatever crisis, they're in, and we need compassionate dedicated skilled people to be on the other end of that phone 24 hours a day 365 days a year,” she said.
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