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TEXARKANA, Ark. — An effort by the Arkansas 911 Board to streamline Public Safety Answering Points, or 911 centers, could leave Miller County in a financial emergency.

The Arkansas side operates two 911 dispatch centers — one at the Miller County Sheriff’s Office on U.S. Highway 71 South and another at Bi-State Justice Center, which primarily fields calls within Texarkana city limits.

Miller County judge’s administrative assistant Carla Jenkins said the centers serve as a back-up to each other. However, the city doesn’t receive Arkansas-based 911 services, since those services are provided by the joint PSAP the city shares with Texarkana, Texas, and Bowie County through the Ark-Tex Council of Governments at Bi-State…