- Staff
- #1
Suggestion Title: Dispatch pay
Suggestion Description: Bring back the old dispatcher pay in the form of 420 dollars a minute as the minimum, with the mayor able to set that higher, but no lower.
Currently so few people play dispatch despite the major role it plays and the huge advantage it can grant officers. The job is mostly only used by Probationary Dispatchers who lose interest in the job very quickly. Looking through logs earlier of dispatchers joining the job shows that it is the least touched job, couriers and taxi drivers are more common than dispatchers.
We are in the predicament where the highest ranking officer on duty (except in most cases SMT members, even then I’m still receiving the calls instead of them for some reason?) are having to answer 911 calls. Marking myself busy to avoid calls when in a situation doesn’t always work either as the calls still go to me. I still answer the calls unless I’m directly in combat regardless as me not answering the 911s is negligent performance of duties. No one makes text based 911 calls anymore because of this system being added.
Why should this be added?:
- More incentive to play dispatch by making it the highest paying accessible job.
- Works better as a whole.
- Dispatching myself is very difficult when on duty as an in uniform officer.
What negatives could this have?:
- Dispatch money farm? (Is this even a con?)
- City funds draining if dispatch is full and mayor doesn’t want to add any real tax policies (skill issue)
Suggestion Description: Bring back the old dispatcher pay in the form of 420 dollars a minute as the minimum, with the mayor able to set that higher, but no lower.
Currently so few people play dispatch despite the major role it plays and the huge advantage it can grant officers. The job is mostly only used by Probationary Dispatchers who lose interest in the job very quickly. Looking through logs earlier of dispatchers joining the job shows that it is the least touched job, couriers and taxi drivers are more common than dispatchers.
We are in the predicament where the highest ranking officer on duty (except in most cases SMT members, even then I’m still receiving the calls instead of them for some reason?) are having to answer 911 calls. Marking myself busy to avoid calls when in a situation doesn’t always work either as the calls still go to me. I still answer the calls unless I’m directly in combat regardless as me not answering the 911s is negligent performance of duties. No one makes text based 911 calls anymore because of this system being added.
Why should this be added?:
- More incentive to play dispatch by making it the highest paying accessible job.
- Works better as a whole.
- Dispatching myself is very difficult when on duty as an in uniform officer.
What negatives could this have?:
- Dispatch money farm? (Is this even a con?)
- City funds draining if dispatch is full and mayor doesn’t want to add any real tax policies (skill issue)
