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Newscan: House passes 911 dispatcher reclassification

Newscan: House passes 911 dispatcher reclassification

  • Written by Donny Jackson
  • 19th July 2019

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  1. Avatar Instafollowfast.com 4th August 2019 @ 3:01 pm
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    Torres is a member of the House Appropriations and Rules Committee. Prior to her time in Congress, she spent more than 17 years working as a 9-1-1 dispatcher. Torres is a member of the Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus and has introduced the Next Generation (NG) 9-1-1 Act of 2017 to strengthen federal efforts to help state and local governments to transition to NG911 technology by providing new federal funding, technical assistance and training, while ensuring 911 is kept under state and local control.

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