APCO Pushes Passage of Bill to Change Government's Classification of 911 Dispatchers
APCO is asking its members to urge Congress to pass the 911 Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services (Saves) Act, which would change the federal government's classification of public safety call-takers and dispatchers to “protective service occupations" rather than administrative…
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or clerical occupations (see 1902280072). Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., filed a Senate version S-1015 last week. Reps. Norma Torres, D-Calif., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., filed a House version HR-1629 last month. "It's time for a full-court press on Congress," for the 911 Saves Act, APCO emailed members, urging them to "generate an email to your U.S. Senators and Representatives, asking them to co-sponsor this common sense, zero-cost bill." FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel also praised the bill in a Wednesday tweet, saying it "honors 911 operators across the country by classifying their occupation with the dignity they deserve as public safety professionals. Good stuff."