Broward Commissioners Approve $4-Million For 911 Communications Budget

Broward Commissioners give unanimous approval to giving the Broward Sheriff's Office four million dollars to help fund the 9-1-1 call center facing critical staffing shortages. Mayor Michael Udine says this is a crisis, they have eighty positions that need to be filled which is a matter of life and death in an emergency. The department is having trouble retaining the dispatchers they have who have complained of a hostile working environment, low morale and pay. The money will be spent on retention and salary increases while a consultant looks into whether or not the county should be in control of the call center, the BSO should do it or it should be split.


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