Dispatchers routinely work long hours up to 12 during shifts of three or four days per week as they handle calls and dispatch fire, police and medical services for Kootenai County, Coeur d'Alene police and several other law enforcment and emergency agencies in North Idaho. (RALPH BARTHOLDT)
January 12, 2020
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January 12, 2020 midnight
In the still of the night, Central Dispatch has your back
COEUR d’ALENE — On a dark night, the low building surrounded by a fence and sliding gate with a red, laser eye appears to be a top-secret government facility.