CITY OF FRESNO
Office of Councilmember Mike Karbassi & Council President Tyler Maxwell
WHEREAS, the men and women at the Fresno Police Department Dispatch Center work tirelessly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with 6 overlapping shifts during a 24 hour day. On average, dispatch handles approximately 1,100 9-1- 1 calls a day and 1,300 non-emergency calls a day. Several hundred 9 -1-1 hang-up calls a week are called back by dispatchers ensuring residents who are in need are served; and
WHEREAS, over the last 5 years Fresno PD Dispatchers have handled on average over 385,000 9-1-1 calls and 525,000 non-emergency calls per year. This 5 -year average equates to over 900,000 emergency and non -emergency calls coming into the Fresno PD Dispatch every year; and
WHEREAS, the Fresno Police Department Communications Center (Dispatch) has 99 out of 114 positions filled. Fresno PD Dispatch have 6 Emergency Services Communications Supervisors and 93 Emergency Services Dispatchers serving the City of Fresno; and
WHEREAS, the Mission of the Fresno Police Department Communications Center is to preserve life, safeguard property, support peace officers in the prevention of violent crime, and help reduce fear in our community by providing effective and compassionate 9-1-1 Public Safety Communications.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, Mayor Jerry Dyer and the Fresno City Council do hereby proclaim the week of April 10, 2023 to be:
“Emergency Dispatcher Appreciation Week”
in the City of Fresno.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and
affixed the seal of the City of Fresno, California, this 20 th
day of April 2023.
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ JERRY DYER, Honorable Mayor TYLER MAXWELL, Council President
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ ANNALISA PEREA, Council Vice President MIKE KARBASSI, Councilmember District 2
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ MIGUEL ARIAS, Councilmember District 3 LUIS CHAVEZ, Councilmember District 5
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ GARRY BREDEFELD, Councilmember District 6 NELSON ESPARZA, Councilmember District 7