Short term Dispatcher
I was a stay at home mom for 15 years. On June 5, 2017 I started a job that I had been testing and interviewing a little over a year for. I had read a story about a dispatcher meeting one of their callers and thought, I want to do that! I had heard the Police Scanners in my home for about 15 years, thanks to Chris always listening, so I knew the kinds of calls that came in....or so I thought. The first 2 days were paperwork and taking a tour of the city of Concord. The next 2 days I started "learning" what the job was and what was expected. I got a little overwhelmed just thinking about all the codes and shorthand I had to learn! I remember going home mentally exhausted! The next week I finished learning all about the job and I was completely overwhelmed with can I do this? What was I thinking? How in the world am I going to remember ALL of this stuff? The 10 codes, the 11 codes, the abbreviations, the call types, the disposition codes? On top of all that, there was listening