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City of Fort Bragg
Meeting Minutes
Public Safety Committee
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 3:00 PM Town Hall, 363 N. Main Street
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
Chair Peters opened the meeting at 3:00PM.
ROLL CALL
Present are Chair Lindy Peters and Councilmember Scott Hockett.
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1A. 25-551 Approve Minutes of the Special Public Safety Committee Meeting of November 19, 2025.
Chair Peters motions, Councilmember Hockett seconds the motion. Minutes were approved as presented.
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
None.
3. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
3A. 25-552 Review Fire Sprinkler Ordinance
Chair Peters began by stating that this agenda item would be heard at a future meeting and continued on to the following agenda item.
3B. 25-553 Continue Discussion Regarding Dispatch Services for the Fort Bragg Police Department
Communications and Records Manager, Marla Swan, began by introducing the Dispatch Center layout and overview of dispatch operations for both the Fort Bragg Police Department and Ukiah Police Department.
She continued by presenting the statistical performance for 911 calls under the State's policy.
She stated that their dispatch center is well above the State's policy average with a 99.07 % answering rate where as the State's policy expects 90% of 911 calls being answered within 15 seconds and 95% of 911 calls being answered within 20 seconds. Considering that they average about 164 calls per day, which can be up to 280 calls per day around the holidays, their answering rate is phenomenal and the numbers represent their dedication.
Swan went into a minimal explanation regarding the background in becoming a Dispatcher. She City of Fort Bragg Page 1 Printed on 1/16/2026
Public Safety Committee Meeting Minutes December 17, 2025 emphasized that only 1% of society is capable of becoming a Dispatcher due to all the training factors and demanding protocols.
In conclusion Swan introduced the new version of the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System that has been more beneficial to both Dispatch and officers due to faster and more efficient responses.
Public comments made by:
Jenny Shattuck
Morgan Peterson
Chair Peters commended the Dispatch Center for its outstanding contributions to public safety and reiterated the many ways its staff works to keep the community safe.
4. MATTERS FROM COMMITTEE / STAFF
None mentioned at this meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Peters adjourned the meeting at 3:48 PM.
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