Communications Section
Named in the records1985–1991
58 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1985–1991: 0 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 58 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 58: 0 Board decisions, 58 facts from city reports
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- 1985–1991
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All 58 records, in date order. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Communications Dispatcher, Bilingual recruitment and testing · finding: Recruitment and testing occurred only once; no plans to recruit and test in future | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1989 | Communications Section · event: last police officers removed from call evaluator/dispatcher position | event | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Senior Dispatchers duties · recommendation: Chief of Police send a memo to all sworn personnel outlining the duties of the Senior Dispatchers and their responsibilities | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · recommendation: Communications Section and Civil Service Commission make special efforts to recruit bilingual communication dispatchers | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · other: six Spanish-speaking communication dispatchers receiving bilingual pay | measure | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · other: two Cantonese-speaking communication dispatchers receiving bilingual pay | measure | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · recommendation: Transfer five remaining sworn officer positions to other areas and authorize civilian equivalent positions | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · finding: 24 limited tenure communication dispatchers employed before the current eligible list was certified | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · other: Actually assigned: one lieutenant, two police sergeants, one police officer | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, 911 emergency system · other: Recommended authorized strength: 130 Positions | measure | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Civil Service specifications for intermediate dispatch position · recommendation: Police Department should request Civil Service Commission to develop specifications for an intermediate level dispatch position with salary between Police Communications Dispatcher and Senior Police Communications Dispatcher | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Dispatch Training Officers · recommendation: Select an appropriate number of successful candidates from the new intermediate communications dispatcher examination as a permanent corps of Dispatch Training Officers | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Training Supervisors, Senior Police Communications Dispatchers · recommendation: The two Training Supervisors should be enrolled in a program to improve supervisory skills and training program development | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Police Communications Dispatchers used as trainers · cost usd: $1.40 rate for training function | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Operations Supervisors replaced by [name withheld] · finding: Implemented: Operations Supervisor function now performed by [name withheld] | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Dispatch training consultant (recommendation 12) · finding: Not implemented: funds not made available for hiring a training consultant | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Technical Services Division and Communications Section · finding: No mission statements, goals, or objectives formulated or documented | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Technical Services Division and Communications Section · recommendation: Develop a mission statement, and well defined goals and objectives, distributed to interested organizations and individuals | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · finding: Few if any performance standards to measure effectiveness and employee efficiency | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Technical Services Division, Communications Section · recommendation: Develop objective performance measures and standards for the communications section | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section management · finding: No organizational consistency or stability in the Communications Section’s management | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section dispatch operations · finding: No single individual is responsible for dispatch operations during a single shift; three Senior Dispatchers per shift do not report to any mid-level manager | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Senior Dispatchers · recommendation: Each current and newly hired Senior Dispatcher receive at least forty hours of supervisory and management training | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Senior Dispatchers monthly meetings · recommendation: Division Management conduct monthly meetings with all Senior Dispatchers on new procedures, information, and problems | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | [name withheld] (911 Communications Section) · cost usd: additional cost of $195,352 for three Communications Watch Supervisor positions | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | 911 Communications Section long-term leave · other: Additional six Communications Section personnel on long-term leave status | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | 911 Communications Section sick leave · recommendation: Continue to closely monitor use of sick leave and other absences and counsel employees regarding excessive use | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | 911 Communications Section morale · recommendation: Take every action to enhance organizational standing and morale of the Communications Section | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | 911 Communications Section non-paid leave · recommendation: Do not grant non-paid leave time unless under extreme circumstances | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, 911 emergency system · recommendation: High school diploma or GED as minimum requirement for Communication Dispatcher | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, 911 emergency system · recommendation: Increase data terminal typing speed from 35 to 50 words per minute | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, 911 emergency system · recommendation: Assign Training Coordinator responsibility for continuing training | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, 911 emergency system · recommendation: Develop alternative to reduce dispatcher time spent training new recruits | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, Police Department · finding: Communications Section at times inadequately staffed; inadequate staffing due to excessive absences of current personnel, not lack of budgeted positions | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, Police Department · other: approximately 336 hours of overtime per pay period | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, Police Department · other: 105 Communication Dispatcher positions required to fully staff the Communications Center on an annual basis | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, Police Department · other: 116 authorized communications dispatcher positions, including two for the Records/Tapes Unit | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Police Department Communications Section · finding: Two persons budgeted as 8238 Communication Dispatcher are not working in that capacity | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section management structure · finding: management structure of the Communications Section needs to be augmented and fully civilianized | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · finding: There is no quality assurance program within the Communications Section | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · finding: Changes in policies and procedures have historically been done without input from Dispatchers and Senior Dispatchers | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Senior Dispatchers supervision · recommendation: Senior Dispatchers receive more direct supervision from [name withheld] as their backgrounds and performance demand | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section quality assurance program · recommendation: Division Management develop and implement a Quality Assurance Program with input from [name withheld], Division/Bureau Management and Patrol Bureau management | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | 911 Communications Section dispatchers · finding: Disciplinary actions filed against dispatchers increased significantly beginning FY 1989-90 | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, 911 emergency system · other: FY 1990-91 authorized strength: 133 Positions | measure | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | [name withheld] (911 Communications Section) · recommendation: Transfer current uniformed positions to other needed areas and authorize three Communications Watch Supervisor positions (Civil Service Classification 8240) | recommendation | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | 911 Emergency System · cost usd: $7190, S65 (OCR garbled) | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, San Francisco Police Department · jobs: 133 authorized positions | agency | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, San Francisco Police Department · jobs: 6 sworn police officer positions (3 Police Lieutenant, 3 Police Officer) | agency | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, San Francisco Police Department · jobs: 127 civilian positions (116 Communication Dispatchers, 11 Senior Communication Dispatchers) | agency | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section management structure · finding: Management structure authorized in the FY 1999-91 budget is inadequate to provide the degree of planning, direction, and control required | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section, Police Department disciplinary cases · other: Total disciplinary cases, Communications Section | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section supervisory positions · finding: Authorized supervisory structure changed from one police Captain, three police lieutenants, 11 police sergeants, and nine senior communication dispatchers | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communications Section · other: transfer of 39 uniformed personnel out of the section into other bureaus | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communication Dispatchers · finding: Sick pay and other paid and unpaid absences account for approximately 13.4 communication dispatcher positions | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Communication Dispatchers · finding: Use of sick pay leave and non-paid absences by [name withheld] is excessive | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | 911 Communications Section disciplinary cases · finding: Number of disciplinary cases involving Communications Section members increased significantly in past eighteen months | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Performance evaluations for Police Communications Dispatchers (recommendation 10) · finding: Implemented: evaluations performed for dispatchers and senior dispatchers | finding | City report: Management audit of the city and county of San Francisco's 911 emergency system scanned page ↗ |
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