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County completes cutover to new security dispatch system; officials call it regional model
Summary
Beaver County transitioned to a new security dispatch system shared with Washington as part of a regional effort, county officials said, after five years of preparation.
Beaver County completed a cutover to a new security dispatch system this week, officials said, describing the effort as the culmination of a multiyear project and a potential regional model.
"Once that leave yesterday morning, 3AM, we we cut over to our new security dispatch system that been in the process for the last 5 years," a department head said. The speaker said the system is "a shared tag between us and Washington, which is the state kind of looking at. That's where they wanna start the 1 start regional type of project."
County officials said the cutover will continue to require monitoring this week, with staff and vendors on site to ensure the system operates as expected. One speaker thanked the team for their work and called the county "on the cutting edge of almost anything when it comes to dispatching 901 and emergency management."
Ending: Staff said vendors and county personnel will monitor the system during the transition period; no formal action was taken at the meeting.
