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While many people in Douglas County were shifting to remote work early on in the coronavirus pandemic, Douglas County Emergency Communications was staying put.
The department’s director, Tony Foster, said there wasn’t a choice. The department handles 911 dispatch services for the entire county, minus the University of Kansas, from the Emergency Communication Center in the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center in downtown Lawrence. Without dispatchers in the center, directing first responders would have been impossible — and would’ve had dire consequences.
