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Increase the sense of safety and security throughout our community by gathering, processing and providing timely and accurate information.
LESA employs approximately 178 personnel in four divisions: Administration, Communications, Information Technology, and Records Management – any of whom work various shifts to provide 24-hour service for 9-1-1, dispatch, and records management.
During 2007, LESA call-takers answered 451,267 9-1-1 calls and 344,407 non-emergency calls for a total of 795,674 calls. LESA dispatchers handled 542,765 calls for service which include calls processed by call-takers, traffic stops by officers and on-view incidents reported by officers. The closest counterparts to LESA in Washington state in terms of population served and total call volume are the Seattle Police Department Communications Center, SNOPAC in Snohomish County, Valley Comm in south King County, King County Regional Communications, CAPCOM in Thurston County and CRESA in Clark County.
Formed in 1974 by an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Tacoma and Pierce County, LESA is a joint City-County agency governed by an Executive Board consisting of five voting members and three advisory members. The Executive Board provides legislative and policy direction.
Voting Members:
- Mayor of Tacoma
- County Executive
- Police Chief of Tacoma
- Sheriff of Pierce County
- Citizen At-Large
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Non-Voting Members:
- Lakewood City Council Member
- Suburban City Representative
- Contract Cities Representative
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Thomas R. Orr is the Director of LESA. Under Director Orr are three operational divisions and one administrative division. The Communications Center is one of three operational divisions and is under the management of Director Orr and Assistant Director of Communications Diana Lock.
For the latest LESA news and events, see our News page.
The 2009 LESA Executive Board is comprised of (front row from left) Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy, Tacoma Mayor Bill Baarsma, (back row from left) citizen-at-large LeRoy Revelle, Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor, University Place Public Safety Liaison Jennifer Hales, and Tacoma Police Chief Don Ramsdell. Not shown: Lakewood Mayor Doug Richardson.
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