10 Reasons Being a Dispatcher Rocks

I get to help people.
Sometimes, when police officers come into dispatch to get paperwork I throw stuff at them….just cuz I can.
I get to serve and protect those that serve and protect.
When my job is entertaining, it’s REALLY entertaining.
When my job is boring, I seek comfort in the fact that it’s boring because people aren’t requesting help.
My co-workers all have a twisted sense of humor whether they want to or not.
I get to help catch bad guys.
I get to be the disembodied voice of a police department.
I get to hear stories about sloppy drunks, strange injuries and grotesque deaths but I don’t have to see or smell these things.
The public knows that help is just a 9-1-1 call away. Police officers and firefighters know that help is just a radio transmission away. They know this because dispatchers and operators across the county have earned this reputation. I get to live up to this expectation everyday I go to work.

April 11-17, 2010 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. If you’re a 9-1-1 operator, a police dispatcher, a fire dispatcher, etc., then thank you for what you do every day!