Sheriff warns county phone outages are dropping admin calls; commissioners consider emergency replacement

Dec 3, 2025

The sheriff told commissioners county administrative lines have been failing about half the time for 10 days, dropping some life‑safety-related calls. Commissioners discussed emergency procurement and switching to cloud SIP trunks or other alternate routes to restore reliable service.

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Adams County officials described intermittent failures of administrative phone lines lasting about 10 days, a problem the sheriff called an emergency because some medical or alarm calls have dropped and did not dispatch responders.

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