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Jefferson County links local dispatch, state police radios to improve response for critical incidents
Summary
County emergency-services staff said they have patched Pennsylvania State Police and local radio channels to allow direct voice communications on a single channel for high‑priority incidents; the work was funded by the Homeland Security grant program and has been rolled out across the Northwest Central Region.
Jefferson County’s director of emergency services told commissioners the county has established a patched radio channel that links local law-enforcement agencies and the Pennsylvania State Police for critical incidents, improving situational awareness and mobile-to-mobile communications, particularly during pursuits and large-scale incidents.
The director said the county built interoperable radio capabilities to allow dispatchers and officers from municipal, county and state levels to communicate directly on a single channel during…
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