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Cochise County’s 9‑1‑1 center to assume full Tombstone dispatching July 1, adds staff and AI fire-detection pilots
Summary
CECOM director Tammy Jo Wilkins said the regional 9-1-1 center will take over full-time dispatching for the Tombstone Marshal's Office starting July 1, has hired its 18th employee toward a 20-person budget, and plans to use Pano AI cameras for earlier wildfire detection.
Tammy Jo Wilkins, director of Cochise County Emergency Communications (CECOM), told KWCD's First Watch that CECOM will begin full-time dispatching for the Tombstone Marshal's Office on July 1 and is expanding staffing and technology to improve response.
"Starting July 1, we'll be dispatching for Tombstone Marshal's office on a full time basis," Wilkins said, adding that the change will bring "better technology and a lot better response time for the Tombstone area." She noted the marshal's office previously relied on part-time support.
Wilkins said CECOM has hired its 18th employee and is training the new staffer as part of an 18‑to‑20…
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