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Are police dispatchers actually police officers?

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Are police dispatchers actually police officers?

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Dispatchers are special trained civilians with no powers of arrest. At one time, officers on our department who were injured on duty worked in dispatch, but it became a union issue and the practice was stopped. Some departments may still allow that, but it would be the exception.