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St. Charles County to invest $518K on temporary 911 dispatchers

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Amid a labor shortage, St. Charles County plans to invest around $518,000 on hiring temporary 911 dispatchers.

County officials said the plan to hire out-of-state contract dispatchers is a "stop-gap measure."

“We are just in a bad situation right now and are trying to think outside of the box about what we can do,” said Jeff Smith, director of St. Charles County’s 911 center.

Read more from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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