Title 03 Administration and Personnel
Chapter 03.10 Police Division
Section 03.10.070 Spokane Police Radio Dispatch
- The City of Spokane recognizes individuals providing dispatch services to the Spokane Police Department as first responders who are responsible for interrogating, triaging, and providing instruction during emergencies and identifying and directing resources to an incident location to prevent loss of life and property and ensure public safety. Individuals providing dispatch services to the Spokane Police Department conduct research and provide callbacks on non-emergency calls so officers in the field can focus on responding to emergency and high priority calls.
- Any individual providing dispatch services to Spokane Police Department employees shall, at a minimum, complete, obtain, and maintain ACCESS II certification provided by the Washington State Patrol within twelve (12) months of being hired to provide to dispatch services.
- At a minimum, any organization using non-City of Spokane employees must have at least two governing board members appointed by the City of Spokane- one appointed by the Mayor and one appointed by the City Council. In addition, the organization must provide upon request audio recordings of all calls and dispatch transmissions to City of Spokane as long as requests are made within thirty days of the date of the original recording. In addition, the organization must provide monthly performance statistics regarding time to pick up original call, transfer to dispatch and dispatch of units.
Date Passed: Monday, October 24, 2022
Effective Date: Monday, October 24, 2022
ORD C36297 Section 1
