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Volusia deploys AI and live‑911 in DeBary; schools add metal detectors and a juvenile threat unit
Summary
Volusia County communications and school safety officials described new technology deployments: live‑911 audio for patrol, AI handling nonemergency calls and real‑time transcription/translation, and school safeguards including metal detectors, a behavioral threat team and an AI camera system.
Volusia County communications and school safety officials demonstrated new technology and procedures they say are improving emergency response and school security in DeBary and across the county.
Carolyn, the county communications director, described live‑911 — a system that lets responding officers hear 911 calls in real time — and said it shortens critical response time by cutting relay steps between call taker and dispatcher. "When somebody calls 911, the officers can hear that 911 call in real time," she said, adding that the system has already sped some responses.
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