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Hoover 911 seeks $1.1 million in capital upgrades, new software and redundancy
Summary
The city—11 center presented a capital request package totaling about $1.1 million for equipment replacement, software upgrades and redundancy to ensure uninterrupted emergency communications.
Hoover City's 911 operations director asked the council during the budget hearings for roughly $1.1 million in capital and recurring funds to replace worn infrastructure, add modern call-taking software and build redundancy into the public-safety communications network.
The request covers carpet and dispatcher-console replacement, a new UPS (uninterruptible power supply), radio-link protection and several software tools the center says are necessary for reliability and to meet evolving standards. The package includes a trialed AI-assisted…
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