Officials of Stockton (Calif.) and San Joaquin County have broken off negotiations intended to avoid a trial in a lawsuit filed over dispatching policies. The county ordered cities to route EMS telephone calls to the American Medical Response (AMR) comm center for handling, but Stockton refused, saying it would add time and complexity to the process of handling critical incidents. Both the city and county filed lawsuits, but then last April both sides agreed to mediate the dispute. Now both sides decided to break off talks. Read more about the on-going dispute and some Web comments here.
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