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Suspects making their getaway from the scene of an armed robbery in Auburn narrowly missed smashing into an oncoming train as they jumped the tracks ahead of pursuing police near the Outlet Collection Mall in the mid-afternoon of Feb. 9.
If you call 911, you expect someone to answer quickly and send help. But that system is strained these days by a shortage of dispatchers. The problem has grown worse during the COVID pandemic. In Washington, some State Patrol dispatch centers have a vacancy rate over 50 percent. And one office got so short-staffed it had to close.
If you call 911, you expect someone to answer quickly and send help. But that system is strained these days by a shortage of dispatchers. The problem has grown worse during the COVID pandemic. In Washington, some State Patrol dispatch centers have a vacancy rate over 50 percent. And one office got so short-staffed it had to close.