After a company that made software James City County police use to manage its records was sold in May,
the new owner said it would no longer support the old systems. That
prompted county officials to reconsider a merger between the county’s
911 dispatch center and the regional emergency communications center in
an effort to save tax dollars.
While
a feasibility study on the potential merger slid by the wayside after
it was published last year, it resurfaced after the police department’s
digital records management software distributor, Central Square, said it
would no longer update the product in about a year, according to County
Administrator Scott Stevens. It’d take months for the county to find a
new service provider and that could come with a hefty price tag.
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Montgomery County’s Central Communications Center is one
of more than two dozen Indiana counties awarded federal funding to help
pay for upgrades to 911 equipment.
A $2.8 million
federal grant will benefit 29 public safety answering points across
Indiana through the 911 Grant Program, provided by the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration and the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The Richland County Commissioners gave
their OK Thursday for maintenance director Chuck Minich and the
sheriff’s office to proceed with plans for remodeling 4,300 square feet
of space at the People’s Center to provide more room for the 9-1-1
dispatch center and to move road patrol operations next to 9-1-1.
The
board decided to proceed with the work after trimming $150,000 from the
original $924,781 estimated cost by delaying a portion of the project
that would create an emergency operations center for the county
Emergency Management Agency.
It was April, 1989, when
William Shatner debuted as the host of a new TV series, “Rescue 911.” It
was one of the first reality TV shows that focused on police,
firefighters, paramedics, and ordinary citizens as they respond to real
911 emergency phone calls. This show, which aired for seven years,
raised everyone’s awareness of the “new” way to get help in an
emergency.
In our
area, 911 was first implemented in the 1980s. That means that nearly
half of the current population in our area does not remember life before
911.
The Richland County Commissioners gave
their OK Thursday for maintenance director Chuck Minich and the
sheriff’s office to proceed with plans for remodeling 4,300 square feet
of space at the People’s Center to provide more room for the 9-1-1
dispatch center and to move road patrol operations next to 9-1-1.
The
board decided to proceed with the work after trimming $150,000 from the
original $924,781 estimated cost by delaying a portion of the project
that would create an emergency operations center for the county
Emergency Management Agency. The operations center could also double as a
meeting/training room for the road patrol.
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