Second Incident Brings Dispatcher Reassignment

Officials at Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications have temporarily reassigned a dispatcher to other tasks, after the unnamed employee was involved in a second controversial incident within one week. In the latest incident, the dispatcher failed to properly classify an incident involving a state police officer involved in a foot chase this past weekend. The previous weekend, an off-duty officer was shot at by gang members and dialed 911, but there was a delay in sending officers to assist him. Spokesperson Therese Kordelewski said the dispatcher has been assigned to administrative duties in the comm center’s training unit while an investigation goes forward. Read more here.