Sheriff’s Center Profiled

The “Black Voice News” Web site visited the Riverside County (S. Calif.) Sheriff’s Department comm center and outlined its operations in a story. The agency is paying a $16,000 retention bonus, the story notes, paid out over time, but starting with $800 in the first 6 months. “Confident men and women, dressed in Sheriff’s Uniforms, waiting eagerly to serve their community and assist them with their 911 calls,” the story says. Margie Gemende, Communications Supervisor for the Dispatch Training Unit, told the reporter, “The Dispatcher job itself is very difficult and stressful, but very rewarding.” Read the entire story here.