Skip to main content

Keep 911 Local

22 Comments

C
Christopher Rawlins Verified
25 days ago

Keeping dispatch local is a necessary safety action. Outsourcing will result in delayed services and potential loss of life.

A
Ashleigh Martinez Verified
1 month ago

vital services for Torrance County

N
Naomi Preciado Verified
1 month ago

This is only common sense to the importance of local dispatchers to be in the area as they are aware of their neighbors needs and personally able to help us in emergencies.

S
Supporter Verified
1 month ago Featured

No way this should even be considered!! You have to live out here to know. Roads with no names or in some cases signs are gone. Back roads on top of back roads. Emergencies need to be gotten too ASAP...

J
John-Adam Stout Verified
1 month ago

Local jobs and response time.

L
Luz Araiza Verified
1 month ago

911 is important for everyone. Fast response is essential.

Z
zfod zeke Verified
1 month ago Featured

Locally employed staff have better knowledge of how to get places and what to prioritize for their communities. Moving it to a different County means delayed response, lower prioritize response, inability to get service to place that don't have actual address or "cross streets" but directions by mile markers, landmarks, etc. All of this will delay service. Sacrificing Torrance County residence for a contract services take jobs from the community and will compromise "emergency" services.

S
Stephanie Salazar Verified
1 month ago

How could this not be important? This is a very valuable resource that must remain for this rural community.

R
Raelene Sibley Verified
1 month ago Featured

This is an absolutely horrific idea. This county is rural and needs dispatchers that understand not every road is marked and sometime you have to go by landmarks. You have to know this area, to be able to effectively dispatch in this area!

D
Debbie Ortiz Verified
1 month ago

We need to keep 911 in TORRANCE COUNTY

J
Joe Wright Verified
1 month ago

Why would anyone want to outsource 911/dispatch? That be like having your neighbor answer all your phone calls for you.

C
Christopher Duffy Verified
1 month ago

Should be local.

N
Nicole Anaya Verified
1 month ago

I do not support outsourcing our 911 dispatch!

M
Mike Cruz Verified
1 month ago

You need locals that know the people and the area especially in an emergency

L
Linda Pacheco Verified
1 month ago

For the above reasons. Senior citizen here

Z
Zachary Crandall Verified
1 month ago

There is no reason to move it away from Torrance county

J
Jon Phillips Verified
1 month ago Featured

Outsourcing our emergency services to another agency is not only stupid, it poses a hazard to every citizen of the county. Response times will sky rocket. We will be dealing with emergency dispatchers that have no familiarity with the county or it's responding agencies.

A
andy chavez Verified
1 month ago Featured

Sending our dispatch out of county hurts our community they will not know the area like current dispatchers. The county commissioners are literally handing money out to other counties when the move business like this out of outlr area and fail the county more than they already do.

D
Dakota Schmidt Verified
1 month ago

We need to keep it local it is needed out here

B
Barbara Collins Verified
1 month ago

911 needs to be ran by folks in the community