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Sheriff warns of congested county radio channel; commissioners ask for dispatch audit and meeting
Summary
Sheriff said county radio traffic has become congested, asked to remove one agency from his channel during peak hours, and commissioners asked for an audit of radio assignments and costs. Volunteers and fire‑department representatives requested county help to pay maintenance fees for portable radios.
Brown County commissioners heard an extended discussion about county radio and dispatch operations, including channel congestion, cost shares and a requested audit of radio allocations.
The sheriff told commissioners the county’s dispatch channel is overcrowded: “the radio traffic is so congested” during peak hours, he said, with multiple agencies — county patrol, courthouse security, CID, transports, and outside agencies — sharing a single frequency. He said he has warned one agency that he may remove them from the county channel if congestion continues during…
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