Pai Praises Bill to Change Government Classification of 911 Dispatchers
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai praised the 911 Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services (Saves) Act in a Tuesday tweet. The bill 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). “Call-takers and dispatchers do heroic work every day, as I’ve seen in big cities and small towns alike,” Pai said. “They deserve our support.” 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 in March. Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and APCO also support the bill (see 1904050054).