LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – More than 100 people showed up to the graduation of the Lincoln Police Department’s newest dispatchers on Tuesday.

“They are accepting that call both literally and figurately,” said Assistant police chief Ryan Dale during his opening remarks at the ceremony.

Eleven new dispatchers are set to join LPD’s new emergency communications center, making it the largest recruitment class ever to graduate the program.

LECC’s Operations manager Matthew Harwell points out the recent changes LPD has implemented to bring in new people.

“I know department wide, they’ve really changed the focus on making sure people know about all the public safety opportunities through the Lincoln Police department,” he said, “Those different roles, how people can get connected and making it tha

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