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TOWN OF DICKINSON – Broome County has made upgrades to its 9-1-1 center to help ensure that dispatchers can operate at peak performance.

The county showed off renovations to the dispatch center within the Public Safety Building in the Town of Dickinson.

It’s the first upgrade to the facility in fifteen years.

The project cost $350,000 which came from the county’s share of cell phone 9-1-1 surcharges.

Dispatchers worked out of a backup location for over eight weeks while the room was gutted and new wiring, computers and other IT infrastructure was replaced.

Many of the changes were designed to….