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Thursday, April 19, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
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Susan G. Fowler, KU police dispatcher, takes calls and gives instructions to police officers Richard Guinn/KANSAN
For dispatchers, stress is part of job
By Curtis Knapp
Kansan staff writer
Liz Phillips has dealt with a great deal of stress in her 15 years of dispatching.
"When every phone call you answer is a problem you've got to deal with everybody's problems," said Phillips, administrative officer for the KU police. "A disaster happens when you call on the other end of the phone is having a disaster."
Last week was National Communicator's Week, which recognized the efforts and achievements of dispatchers as well as their importance to law enforcement.
Susan G. Fowler, dispatcher for the KU police,
agreed that dispatching was stressful.
"We know that if we make a mistake, it could mean someone's life," she said. "What makes it the most stressful is that we never get away from it."
Fowler, who has been with the KU police for 10 years, said another difficult part of the job was determining which calls were emergency priorities.
Phillips, who has been with the KU police for 12 years, said her most memorable moment as a dispatcher was when the Kansas Jayhawks won the 1988 NCAA basketball tournament. As a 1978 graduate of the University of Kansas, her feelings as a dispatcher were torn.
"We knew, win or lose, there's going to be a party," she said. "Win or lose, we're going to be up all night." Phillips said she watched the game in the back of a Winnebago parked next to Allen Field House where the
Phillips said she watched the game in the back of a Winnebago parked next to Allen Field House where the
command post was set up to communicate with officers.
Phillips said that everything went smoothly but that a lot of responsibility was involved in directing traffic in a crowd of about 30,000 partying students.
Both Phillips and Fowler said dispatchers had to be sensitive to everyone and treat each call with a certain amount of respect.
Phillips said a dispatcher might get a call about a fire, a demonstration or an officer being shot and then a call from a student about a lost KUID. It is hard to take the loss of the KUID seriously. Phillips said.
She said her favorite part about dispatching was being an integral part in the process of helping people. The worst part is receiving calls from someone who has discovered a suicide victim.
"Coping with that is the thing I hate the most," she said.
Phillips said dispatchers had to be sensitive but not emotional when dealing with people.
Sgt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU police said it would be difficult for officers to function without dispatchers.
Chris Mulvenon, Lawrence police spokesman, said dispatchers were extremely important to police.
"A good dispatcher can, through training and technique, communicate with people and leave them feeling like their problem is being attended to and taken seriously," Phillips said. "If you get emotional, they're going to go overboard."
"They are the officer's lifeline in many situations," he said. "It takes a very strong will and an emotionally stable person to handle a dispatcher's duties."
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