Honoring our Dispatchers

As we've told you, it's National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week! It's a time dedicated to celebrating and honoring the people helping others during some of the worst moments of their lives. Today, we're highlight an Odessa dispatcher with a tie to OPD. Her father who has now passed away served our department for 28 years. He also inspired his daughterto become a dispatcher and it's her way of continuing his legacy. PR Manager Monica Quintero has this heartwarming story. It also includes interviews with Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke, Odessa City Manager Michael Marrero, Odessa Fire Rescue Chief John Alvarez, and Odessa's Public Safety Communications Director Michele Racca. THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING DISPATCHERS!