Show 01 C G t high hh for fir radio dispatcher for police It would cost about a year for Bountiful to lo install a radio radio radio ra ra- ra- ra dio dispatcher for the police department department department de de- de- de according to figures presented to the city council during during during dur dur- ing a special session last Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day evening Police Chief Odes B. B Record said a transmitter could be purchased pur purr chased for This would be bea a low Jow power unit capable of operating within five to six miles It would cost about 38 per unit in patrol cars to change the transmitter and receiver to the new frequency However the major mayor cost would come in salaries for dispatchers Councilman 0 O. C. C Madsen busily worked his pencil coming up with the per year figure wl which ch includes wages insurance social security etc This would mean about a 30 per cent increase increase Increase in In- crease in the police budget he pointed out Councilman Kenyon Gurr asked asked asked ask ask- ed why the city can not make greater use of the sheriffs sheriff's dispatcher dispatcher dispatcher dis dis- since It is already operating operating operating oper oper- on n a 24 hour basis Dispatch Dispatchers ers are trained to screen calls also Chief Record said this probably can be done But there is a possibility possibility pos pos- possibility the city may be asked to cease using it altogether about the end of next summer because the frequencies are becoming overloaded The chief also reported to the council that another reloading device device de der vice has been ordered so policemen policemen policemen police police- men can load their own tion lion Such a machine ordered last year was discontinued by bythe bythe bythe the company Now another has been ordered No word has yet been received from the company he said |