The Saugus (Mass.) police comm center overtime budget was cut in half by members of the town meeting, in a move to allocate money for the re-opening of the town’s library. The comm center usually receives $60,000 a year, but will make do with just $30,000 in the next fiscal year. The comm center is operating with just 11 of 14 positions filled, requiring overtime to fill the vacant shifts. Two dispatchers have resigned this year to take other jobs, said police chief James McKay, and another is leaving shortly. The chief said dispatchers are being required to work 16-hour shifts. “They’re not robots, they are human beings,” he told a reporter.
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