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Panel backs study and limited emergency grants to shore up Wyoming 9-1-1 services
Summary
The committee amended 26LSO183 to require a third-party study of a potential statewide migration to next-generation 9-1-1 and to authorize a single appropriation (study plus emergency gap funding) to help underfunded public-safety answering points; stakeholders urged inventory, interoperability and equitable grant rules.
The Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee on Feb. 20 voted to sponsor an amended 26LSO183 that directs a formal study of Wyoming’s 9-1-1 systems and authorizes a limited appropriation to fund the study and provide emergency gap grants to struggling Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs).
Nate Smolinski, the state’s 9-1-1 coordinator and chief technology officer, told the panel the state should contract a third party to examine governance roles, expenses for migration to next-generation 9-1-1…
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