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SHALIMAR — By mid- to late 2023, first responders from dozens of local, state and federal agencies should be able to start using a single Okaloosa County-wide emergency public safety radio communications system that’s expected to be a vast improvement over the four different and faulty systems now in place.
The County Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved spending more than $27 million for the project, which is set to begin in May. The bulk of the funding will be $19.65 million in borrowed money, which Deputy County Administrator of Operations Craig Coffey said the county plans to pay off in seven years with local option half-cent sales tax funds…
