The agency that supports Tarrant County’s 800 911 dispatchers is spending more money than it brings in, forcing fire chiefs and 911 specialists to consider raising the fees phone customers pay for the first time in more than two decades.
For at least five years the Tarrant County 9-1-1 district has had more expenses than revenue, forcing it to eat into reserves and inch closer to operating in the red. Annually the district brings in about $15 million, entirely from service fees, but has expenses closer to $24 million… READ MORE
