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Did dispatchers in Florida’s capital handle Florida State’s shooting in the most efficient way? As Matt Galka tells us, that shooting and another one two days later has people asking questions about safety.

9-1-1 calls from November 20th painted a frightening picture for students inside Strozier library.

A gunman was shot and killed in the early morning hours outside of the library after he injured three people.  Campus and city police were able to respond promptly.  But some students called 9-1-1 panicing and had to wait almost 30 seconds before being transferred to FSU PD. Dispatch Agency director Tim Lee said the policies could be changed.

“I believe that there’s efficiencies that need to be looked at and reviewed.  If we become complacement in the fact that we are looking for enhancements, then we shouldn’t be in the position we’re in,” said Lee.

City and county officials agreed that there would be discussions about changes to the way the system works with FSU.

Two days after the Florida State shooting, a Leon County deputy was ambushed and killed when responding to a house fire.  A report was then commissioned.

Deputy Chris Smith was killed by a man known to have made a threat to shoot any law enforcement that came to his house just two weeks earlier. Human error may have cost him his life.  Three tenured dispatchers were laid off because of the incident.