Marisa Durham first learned about police dispatchers as a child. Her cousin, who is 17 years her senior, worked in the field and Durham was fascinated. “When I was a kid, I would take her to my career days and I thought she was just the coolest person and had the coolest job,” she said. As she grew older and the time came for Durham to decide on a career, she considered becoming an attorney, but then thought better of it and chose police dispatcher. She knew how much her cousin, Linette McCain, loved her job. And she thought, “Maybe…