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CARMEL – Earlier this year plans to merge the Putnam County 9-1-1 Dispatch Center with the sheriff’s office dispatching division were met with great optimism and a request has been made by the Bureau of Emergency Services to transfer grant funds to purchase three consoles for the advanced center received unanimous support.
The consoles will be needed for the extra personnel manning the center once the merger takes place.
Deputy Commissioner of Emergency Services Robert Lipton was asked about which agency would oversee the new center once it is finalized. He said no decision had been reached regarding the supervision.
Currently, emergency calls received at the 9-1-1 Center are handled by a well-trained team of dispatchers who summon fire and ambulance corps personnel as well as turn calls related to police matters over to either the sheriff’s office, Carmel, Kent, Cold Spring or Brewster Police as well as State Police.
