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Technical, personnel issues have been challenge, Putnam officials say

A plan to move Putnam County Sheriff Department dispatchers to the county’s 911 call center is taking longer than expected and has legislators questioning whether the merger can be completed.

“There are still a lot of moving parts,” said Ken Clair, commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Services (BES), at a meeting last month of the county Legislature’s Protective Services Committee.

The plan is to have dispatchers for fire, police and medical emergencies…