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YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. — Yakima County Sheriff Bob Udell is working to replace an outdated radio communication system that doesn’t allow emergency responders to talk easily between different agencies.
Udell said those communication issues aren’t just inconvenient, but could cause safety issues for deputies, police officers, firefighters, medical personnel and the people they are trying to help.
“If it’s hard to communicate, that means our response times, the way we act, becomes delayed — and that’s not good for the citizens of Yakima County,” Udell said…