The Parlier City Council on Thursday approved a sublicensing agreement that will allow the Parlier Unified School District to implement an Active Net Systems safety and communications platform designed to speed and structure alerts in campus emergencies.

Chief Serta described the technology and the district’s presentation, explaining the system routes campus alerts to dispatch and directly to officers’ mobile digital terminals. “When that communication and those alert systems go out, we want it to go to our police officers who are on patrol and their MDTs,” the chief said. The chief said the city’s subcontracted dispatch center in Selma must install compatible software and agree to the integration for the system to function as intended.

The district is covering all costs of the venture, staff said; the city’s role is to approve the sublicense and permit the system’s communications to reach city dispatch and officers. Council members asked that dispatch protocols remain in place and that alerts still flow through the proper protocols; staff confirmed the system routes alerts through dispatch and also can display them to officers’ tablets.

Nut graf: Councilors approved the sublicense on a unanimous vote and described the system as an evidence-based tool to improve response times and provide clearer information to officers on the scene.

In the body: staff described pilot and demonstrations they had observed (including examples from Tulare County) and noted potential reductions in chaotic communications during major incidents. Council members sought and received assurance that Selma Dispatch has the technical capability to accept the software and that the district will cover implementation costs.

Ending: The council approved the sublicense unanimously, and staff said they would work with Selma dispatch and the school district to confirm technical details and protocols before full deployment.