MADISON, Wis. — The union that represents a former Dane County 911 dispatcher accused of mishandling an emergency call from a slain University of Wisconsin-Madison student shortly before she was killed will appeal her three-day suspension.
AFSCME Local 40 representative Larry Rodenstein told WISC-TV’s Linda Eggert that he just filed a grievance to the discipline, which was handed out Dec. 18 — about eight months after county officials said Rita Gahagan mishandled the April 2 call that came from Brittany Zimmermann’s cell phone. The call disconnected after one minute.