Episode 979: The Dispatcher's Perspective - Exceeding Your Responsibilities w/ Gaby Villegas

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Gaby Villegas runs the popular Instagram page @911itsgaby, sharing stories and memes from her experiences as a Police Dispatcher. In this episode, she and Dennis discuss life as a Dispatcher, the culture between Officers and Dispatchers, and how to maximize your effectiveness.

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Teaser

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Intro

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Gaby’s background

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How did Gaby become a Police Dispatcher?

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Life as a Police Dispatcher

00:14:08:19 - 00:24:08:06

The value Police Officers bring to the Dispatch role

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Exceeding your responsibilities & Gaby’s advice

00:39:40:21 - 00:40:04:29

Midroll

00:40:04:29 - 00:52:44:15

Fulfillment

00:52:44:15 - 00:55:44:16

Top three most famous people in the world

00:55:44:16 - 00:59:44:05

Validation

00:59:44:05 - 01:10:40:22

Reward, sacrifice, & preference

01:10:40:22 - 01:12:06:07

Judgment

01:12:06:07 - 01:14:38:29

Outro

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0:17.9	You know, there's some dispatchers that have never seen the roads of the officers and what
0:21.4	they have to deal with. And I think, like, we're the eyes and you guys are like the actual bodies,
0:24.8	like out there. You know, the experience that you guys have, like, out on the field is so
0:28.0	beneficial and helpful in dispatch. People respect you a lot more when you're like vulnerable and
0:32.7	open and honest with your mistakes and with your shortcomings. Some rules need to get broken and some rules are broken but it's for like the greater good and at the end of the day it's like the mission was
0:40.6	accomplished that needed to be done. I feel like in other jobs it's obviously like to get money and like
0:45.1	to survive or whatever but I feel like here I'm actually like contributing to the community. I'm
0:50.8	contributing to like helping somebody's life just knowing that I can like touch people's lives and like help them feel at ease for just a minute. Like it just like, it fulfills me.
1:00.0	One 11. One hundred one. One second.
1:00.9	Yeah. Woo. You're training to be a street cop.
1:10.0	Hey guys. Welcome this episode of Street Cop Training podcast.
1:12.4	I'm your host, founder, and CEO of Street Cop Training.
1:14.9	My name is Dennis Meadow, and today I'm drinking coffee out of a peach Yeti mug.
1:20.0	I don't think somebody gifted this to me.
1:21.7	I just found it in the closet here.
1:23.9	But, you know.
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