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Emergency communications asks for four dispatchers, proposes radio/pager maintenance and mutual-aid upgrades
Summary
Emergency services requested four additional communications specialists (one per 12-hour shift), maintenance funding for mutual-aid channels and pagers and spare radio purchases; commissioners asked for more technical detail and deferred final staffing action for follow-up.
Emergency services and communications staff briefed the board on staffing and equipment needs for 9‑1‑1 dispatch and the county radio/paging systems at the March 4 budget work session.
Staff request: Emergency services recommended adding four full‑time communications specialists (one additional dispatcher per 12‑hour shift) to handle expanded tactical channels on the county’s accelerated NextGen radio system and to support new, targeted patrol deployments funded by a federal COPS grant. Department heads said the NextGen implementation…
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