tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post1382088181398779862..comments2010-03-07T16:24:08.337-05:00Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740ben@eagle.caBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-86940865605873623802010-03-07T16:24:08.330-05:002010-03-07T16:24:08.330-05:00OK I get the message dispatch not despatchBen Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-62755998124627979062010-03-07T15:44:08.064-05:002010-03-07T15:44:08.064-05:00The area between Cobourg and Port Hope is Hamilton Twp. which is a whole other issue and it has no municipal services. Not the best place to build.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-65876958311539136012010-03-07T13:57:49.138-05:002010-03-07T13:57:49.138-05:00When the topic of shared police services was current, my idea was to build a new, combined headquarters midway beteen Cobourg and Port Hope.<br /><br />No reason this building couldn&#39;t accommodate fire dispatch along with officers. It would make sense to include the ambulance dispatch here too.<br /><br />All these services work together, as anybody who ever called 911 knows, so why not bring their communications under the same umbrella too?<br /><br />But when I contemplate the realities of the politics it seems hopeless. Cobourg and Port Hope cannot agree on anything, and the rural municipalities of the County hate both the urban centres passionately, especially bully boy Cobourg.<br /><br />We need politicians ready to live in the 21st century and willing to work together to find sensible solutions for the residents.<br /><br />Know any?Deb Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012853847654670916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-26042034216649490122010-03-07T10:44:08.675-05:002010-03-07T10:44:08.675-05:00The way out is to have the West Northumberland Police Service control the County despatch, Police control theirs and subcontract the rest.<br />But to dream!Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-90921938928625181892010-03-07T09:29:37.935-05:002010-03-07T09:29:37.935-05:00The sane and rational taxpayer makes one BIG mistake. In the latest Cobourg - Port Hope discussion it was identified that police legally cannot use dispatch centres outside their control. That make sense for some obvious reasons.<br />I guess we are stuck with a million dollar a year stand alone County fire dispatch to direct the ambulance chasers. But then again it make not have to operate 24 hours daily while they are getting paid to sleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com