SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — The City of Sioux Falls and Minnehaha County commissioners met Tuesday to finalize a joint-powers agreement that will place Metro Communications under the management umbrella of the City. But this administrative move isn’t the only big change awaiting the longtime 911 center. Emergency dispatchers are getting ready to move into their new headquarters at the Public Safety Campus in northeast Sioux Falls.
San Francisco has announced plans to mobilize its 911 dispatchers for the first time in over 15 years when world leaders flock to the city for November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. But the dispatchers’ union is opposing the demand, raising concerns over chronic burnout and questioning whether city officials may force workers to log the long hours the mobilization would require for a planned event as opposed to a bona fide disaster situation.
City and county law enforcement and emergency services will soon have integrated access to all public safety reports and information.
Klamath Falls City Council entered into an intergovernmental agreement Monday evening with Klamath County commissioners, 9-1-1 Emergency Dispatch and Fire District 1, agreeing to split all costs amongst the parties and begin transitioning to the new system.
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