Dispatcher layoffs raise safety concerns

Recent layoffs imposed on the Kings County Sheriff's Office will now require multiple public safety organizations to communicate over a single dispatch line, rather than the two they've used in the past. The Sheriff's Office says they will only be able to operate the "secondary law channel" on a temporary basis, meaning the Sheriff's Office, Probation Department, Animal Control, District Attorney's Office, Human Services and the Ag Commissioner will all have to share the primary line.