• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’ve never had a hard days work

    And that won’t change as a dispatcher. Just send the State Euthanasia Force, erm. I mean Police for every other call (don’t even pick up the other half), and you should be good.

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      11 months ago

      They’re usually underpaid, understaffed, and overworked. Little training for a job that’s literally life and death.

      Plus most dispatchers help with more than just police calls, they help deliver babies or deal with medical emergencies before EMS can get there

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      11 months ago

      Lemmy moment of the day right there. All that’s missing is something about landlords.

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      11 months ago

      You are aware that emergency services dispatch is one of the jobs with the highest suicide rates because they’re basically spending all day/night listening to people in extreme duress, often without the ability to provide life-saving aid in time, and usually without adequate psychological support and access to therapy?