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does it matter where the dispatcher sits when you call for 911? the city says no, it shouldn t matter at all, as long as connections are good. but some people here aren t so sure. it s always bad news when a town lose s police officers to budget cuts, but pacifica has made another choice, cutting loose police dispatchers, while trying to keep the same number of officers on the street. now when a resident calls 911, a dispatcher in south san francisco answers the call. the call will go to south san francisco? yes. sounds like an unfortunate budget cut to me. reporter: by contracting services to south san francisco, pacifica expects to save $350,000 a year, about half the $630,000 it needs to cut from the city budget. we have the technology. as long as there s no significant difficulty in response from those calls, then i don t see any problem with that. do not like it. it s not good. reporter: but for some, there is a perception that pacifica will not be as ....

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