Teton County’s communications center has half the dispatchers it needs to adequately answer emergency calls, and that means trouble.
“We are one person away from not being able to answer 911 calls 24/7,” Sheriff Matt Carr told county commissioners Tuesday morning. “This is a crisis.”
The 911 dispatch center is considered fully staffed with 16 full-time dispatchers. Right now the center has eight.
Carr told commissioners that something has to be done or some emergency calls could go unanswered… READ MORE
