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A recent upgrade to Columbia County public safety communications hardware and software included a switch from analog to more reliable digital signal and may have impacted the public’s ability to listen in on the communications.

Chief Deputy Gregory Bisch of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said they are “in the process of switching over” but a few loose ends still need to be addressed with a communications tower upgrade and seeking a channel for large-scale emergency events involving multiple agencies…