Board adopts five‑year Syntegix crisis‑alert contract to modernize county panic system

Sep 16, 2026

The board approved a five‑year Syntegix crisis‑alert contract to replace the county’s failing panic/alert system, adding mapping, mobile alerts, beaconed zones and dispatch console integration. County IT and the sheriff’s office said the new system addresses false alarms and improves situational awareness.

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County IT and sheriff’s office representatives described a five‑year Syntegix crisis‑alert (panic) system the county plans to purchase to replace an aging, failure‑prone system used across county buildings. The presenters said the existing system is isolated by building and produces false alarms when batteries or buttons report incorrectly; the Syntegix system includes mapping with area beacons, mobile integration and centralized dispatch console features to reduce false dispatches.

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