Proposed 911 Dispatch Center Merger with Brevard County Sheriff's Office

Expressed concern that budget savings should not outweigh public safety and asked for concrete response time data before consolidating dispatch.

Argued that adding Palm Bay's call volume to the sheriff's office would overload dispatchers and recounted a recent incident where county dispatch struggled to locate an emergency call.

Speaking as Nage president, asked council to prioritize dispatchers' local knowledge and transparency over budget numbers.

Stated that Palm Bay is too large to double the sheriff's dispatch load and warned of increased response times similar to past fire dispatch changes.

Criticized the city manager for not paying attention during public comments and urged officials to hold a town hall to listen to residents wanting to keep dispatch local.