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It’s been a little over a year since the new Washington County Communications Center began operations, and in the past year it’s already proved its worth in different ways.
Safety was no concern for the dispatch staff in their tornado shelter-grade building when the December derecho came through Washington County, and Washington County Sheriff Chief Deputy Shawn Ellingson says they’ve hosted several agency trainings in the new building this past year that they weren’t able to previously. 911 Supervisor Cara Sorrells says having more dispatcher desks than in the previous center on West 2nd Street allows continuous response through shift changes, but like other local emergency response agencies Sorrells says they’ve had to work around staff shortages this past year…
