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Lawmakers want more training for 911 dispatchers. A bill named after Amber Lee, a North Port mother who was kidnapped and murdered earlier this year, passed the Senate Thursday. A woman called 911 when she spotted Lee trying to escape her abductor. 911 Operators didn�t give the report high priority and by the time police got the message, it was too late. Senator Dave Aronberg is sponsoring the bill.

�We hope that her death will lead to changes in our 911 laws and hopefully we�ll have better training and better certification so there won�t be other Amber Lee Tragedies,� said Aronberg.

The bill sets up training and certificate criteria that the 67 counties can utilize on a volunteer basis.